I can see why not knowing points and condensers seems odd at first, I laughed too. But how often will today's young mechanics really need to change points and condensers? That technology was discontinued nearly forty years ago, even in tractors.
Class time is limited and schools are expensive. It makes sense to concentrate on teaching new students the things they will most need to know to get started in their future careers. Few of today's new mechanics will be able to make a living tuning points and carburetors any more than we could have made a living repairing magnetos and wooden spoke wheels, things that fell out of favor 25 years before we were born. There will always be a niche market need for a few hundred self-employed people to repair those things. But that's not who today's shops and dealerships need to hire.
Besides, the young mechanic was able to find someone who could fix it right, didn't he?
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