About to fight a teacher……

If you read my stuff when I try and type the way you were taught most of my stuff is missing the letters and whatever you hit with the pinkies or will have something way off to the right or left when the pinkies decide they might work that moment.

I should safety wire my pinkies or if I was going for weight savings, chopped them off but now they're a fun accessory for the times they decide to go all wonky.

Alfa Romeo fingers!

 

My "shop class" was just a little bit more in depth than most. We built a house and moved it to its pad, the school district rented the houses to faculty to perpetuate the funding for future builds. We did everything from concept to completion except, for some obscure insurance reasons, the AC ducting.

That was probably the most ' life useful' course I ever took.

 

The worst part about taking HS shop was forgetting to protect your safety glasses and one of your buddies scuffing the lenses with a piece of 120 grit. Gawd we were dicks!

 

Were? Sorry it was right there, had to.

 

We had typing, home ec, drafting, didn't take any of those. Did take all the shop classes I could and all the ag classes, was in FFA.

 

Drafting in ninth grade. Shop in tenth.

Double session shop class in 11th and 12th. We even had a foundry. Learned to weld (both gas and arc), how to operate a lathe (both metal and wood) and milling machine, and all sorts of sheet metal tools and machines.

My favorite memory was a label in the "tool room," where we had to check out hand tools. The cubby hole where Vice Grips were stored was labeled "Vice Gripes." I've been calling them that for almost 50 years. And laugh every time.

 

Drafting was the first segment in 7th grade woodshop. Had to learn drafting and how to read blueprints before using the shop equipment.

 

Shoot, forgot about that. Yeap, basic drafting and then shop in middle school.

In HS you could take a regular more in depth drafting class. I think it was half a year, can't remember 100%.

 

Good lord you’re so far beyond fucking ignorant it’s hysterical. I started to type a post countering this pathetic excuse for reasoning but arguing with a brick wall would be more productive so not going to waste my time at this point. Enjoy your closed minded sad little existence. JFC

 

I was in FFA too!! All the tractor driving,dipping Copenhagen,spitting out a school bus window riding to a local farm to look at a cow or sheeps ass,and judging which ones to buy! That was the best! and one of the prettiest girls in school that always had a big ol dip in her mouth going with us! Always thought she went the "other" way,but damned if she aint married now to a dude

 

We had a real hot one too. She was a year ahead of me, reddish head, big boobs and a little bow legged, she was a horse lover. She was a little wild, partied with her some but never got to experience it.

 

Short answer yes.
Long answer, I only went to school to eat food.

 

They had a segment about this program on Sunday Morning a few weeks ago. Just too cool.

https://www.mcpherson.edu/autorestoration/

 

Well, he did his presentation this morning. Showed his actual interactions with companies for sponsorship, how he used his social media to follow up on obligations, displayed his leathers with logos, and had a video of racers( stuff like Pressure to Rise to show what a team looks like and functions), had a budget for team, travel and other expenses. He by far held everyone's attention way more than any of the others so we'll see what his grade is.

 

Nice! :up:

 

I think a lot of the issue was the teacher not understanding really what racing is and what it takes, and also a vision of him and his friends goofing off in a backyard somewhere. Even at the tiny level we are doing it, it's not a small feat