A Place for the Manual Arts

In Seventh and Eighth grade, I had wood shop.

I also grew up in my family's hardware store in a small town in northwest Indiana.

Here in New York, kids still like to work with their hands, and my school's MOUSE Squad always responds when there are machines to open up and get into.

Today with much curiosity about creating their own podcasts, half of the group still chose to chase down some iMacs in need of new clock batteries. Clearly, showing skill and technique with their hands still holds a lot of pleasure for young people.

It's a loss that "Industrial Arts" are no longer available to them.
Let's hope that desktops remain subject to screwdrivers for a long time to come.