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by KEITH KREHEL

2. These shop classes were introductory and provided students with exposure to different trades with no commitment to a technical high school program or trade school.

3. As witnessed by today’s labor shortage in the trades, we still need people to fix and maintain cars, repair them after accidents, as well as build and remodel homes, etc.

4. These classes gave students an alternate route, rather than college, and an opportunity to work with their hands to make a living.

I was told many of the students in my class had behavior problems in other classes but not in auto shop. This was not necessarily due to my classroom management skills but likely because I was teaching a subject they were actually interested in and some were already employed in. For example, many times a nonshop teacher would pass through and ask me if I handled various “problematic” students – most were not a problem, and some of were actually “stars” in class. I often saw enthusiasm when students realized it was a “shop day” – usually Thursday and Friday – where they would be involved in hands-on activities such as using tap and dies, performing compression tests, setting ignition timing, etc.

Most of my students were more interested in working with their hands than diagramming a sentence or discussing the last chapter of Wuthering Heights (a classic bore) in English class. Quite honestly, I could relate to Healthcliff’s (a main character in the book) agony and suffering as I felt the same being forced to read the book! LOL (Sorry, Lauren!)

Fast forward to today, and I see many schools have reduced or eliminated shop classes. In my opinion, this is a mistake and a disservice to both students and society as it eliminates exposure to possible career paths and has contributed to today’s technician shortage.

As last I knew it, my auto shop has been converted into a weight room, and the electronic shop is now a computer room. I understand that computer training is a great idea, but a basic understanding of electricity is vital to most trades as well as to homeowners. Most of us will own and operate cars throughout our lives, but the same cannot be said for lifting weights.

This “college for everyone” mentality, which neglects the trades, has contributed to the current technician shortage as not enough people are being introduced to the trades.

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