I have said for years that dropping the shop classes from high school would have an impact. I didn’t think well enough to realize that it would hit now.
Stupid move, indeed. I thought the shop classes I took in Junior High were ridiculous, for the most part, but still learned a few things. So I skipped the high school offerings, but did take a college course or two. I was also fortunate to have a father who taught me how to build things in the garage. I still have a wicked looking knife he helped me build from an 18" file rasp he bought at a garage sale for 25 cents.