>>...”pie slicers” not “pie makers”<<
It starts early. I’m thinking back to my early days at a LA Public School in the San Fernando Valley circa 1960. In the 2nd grade, we were introduced to basic hand tools in cute little tool boxes (small saw, hand drill, hammer, square, etc.) and actually learned basic woodworking and how not to lose fingers in the process. I loved it.
Later in high school, we had wood shop, metal shop, electronics, auto shop, and more. All these classes taught us useful skills. (Perhaps the most valuable was the touch typing class I took in 1968 as a high school sophomore, who knew we’d become so dependent on computers?)
Compare this to what’s offered in public schools today, and therein lies the rub for now and our future.
>It doesn’t help when our college age kids overwhelmingly choose to become lawyers and political science majors.
>Those are the academics degrees of “pie slicers” not “pie makers”.
Here’s what some good “lawyerin’” can do for you: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2698298/posts