Yep. In the 80s you were already a failure if you had to quit school and do something with your hands. That was an official propaganda that even the kids believed.
I fairly recently visited my high school as part of the 20 year reunion. They have dramatically changed course on that. The shop classes they cut while we were going are back. The halls of the shop classes had a bunch of pictures of different trades and how much they earn. The whole curriculum has changed to focus more on job skills. It looked like they really try to empower the kids to explore the things they’re interested in.
Yep. In the 80s you were already a failure if you had to quit school and do something with your hands. That was an official propaganda that even the kids believed.
I fairly recently visited my high school as part of the 20 year reunion. They have dramatically changed course on that. The shop classes they cut while we were going are back. The halls of the shop classes had a bunch of pictures of different trades and how much they earn. The whole curriculum has changed to focus more on job skills. It looked like they really try to empower the kids to explore the things they’re interested in.
It’s a good thing for them. Repair cars if you like tinkering with cars, write programs if you like tinkering with computers.
I remember that plumbers were seen as failures, while the father of a friend had a big car and fucktons of money while working as a plumber.