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XemaSab

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6. I was pontificating at dinner tonight about Breaking Bad

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 01:14 AM

Dec 2013

and about how Jesse is a kid who wasn't into the whole "school" thing but making meth and carpentry were things that he could engage with and really refine his skills at.

We need to give all kids opportunities to do things they love.

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The Future of Shop Class [View all] xchrom Dec 2013 OP

bright spot GladRagDahl Dec 2013 #1

k/r marmar Dec 2013 #2

If word of this gets out, the usual suspects will try to shut it down or sabotage it into oblivion. RC Dec 2013 #3

The book "Shop class as soulcraft" dealt with this subject well. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #4

Why just boys? chalky Dec 2013 #5

Do you ever have a thought that isn't sexist? LeftyMom Dec 2013 #8

Nope. Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 #9

Don't tell me, you think more women should take home economics... Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 #10

I was pontificating at dinner tonight about Breaking Bad XemaSab Dec 2013 #6

Yep. This is covered quite well in "Makers: The New Industrial Revolution" by Chris Anderson Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #7

Everything I ever made in shop class wound up being an ashtray. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2013 #11