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Its funny ytou should mention this. When I was in high school (circa 1988) all I wanted to be was a mechanic. I took all the shop classes, and did the minimum of other academic work. I even went to a technical school to learn more about mechanics. By 1989 I had a job as a line mechanic at a Ford dealership, and by 1990 I was laid off. With the economy the way it was then, I couldn't find another basically entry-level mechanic job, so I decided to go back to school. Part time at first, but eventually I ended up attending university full-time, and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1997. Now I have a good paying job that allows me to do things like tinker with Type 3s. I wouldn't trade my experiences or what I learned in school or during my bried career as a mechanic, but then again I'm glad I don't do it for a living anymore. Jim '68 Fastback --- Dave Hall <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote: > That was something I noticed in years of teaching - > virtually none of the > brighter kids wanted to be mechanics. There was an > occasional one who was > particularly gifted at practical skills, at the > expense of his other subjects. > Seems all the parents want their kids to become > managers, academics or media > moguls. While we need some of them (I suppose), we > need skilled mechanics, > plumbers, electricians etc too. Why do we not > celebrate manual skills any more, > no matter what area it is shown in? I guess that's > why we are happy with > slab-sided monstrosities rather than craft-rich > buildings like the ones we saw > in Albany, NY. Bring back the craftsman (and woman > - mmm all that > home-baking!). > > Dave. > UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club > http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ > ------ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >