It’s not the kids who are the problem - it’s their parents and their professors. They can be trained to be intelligent, diligent people with skills or they can be educated to be politically correct robots. And I don’t remember too many lost fingers in my years in high school. And let’s bring back home ec, too!
True, but if you're starting from scratch with teenagers, it might take a few fingers for them to assimilate, "Sharp things cut you."