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Originally Posted by Cory
Hey, at least you guys have a shop.
Back home in CA, schools with shops are the exception, not the rule.
In the last 15-20 years they've decided that a hands on, practical approach to learning is not as important as book learning, and have been phasing out shops ever since.
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We're very lucky in this respact. Our school too is phasing out hands-on electives (even though those probably prepare you better for the real world). We are using our school's "Construction Technology" classroom (one of the only hands-on classes at school). We can use SOME tools that are in that class, but not all (for example we can't use thier table saw). We do have vertical & horizontal bandsaws, a drill press, a grinder, a cut-off saw, and a mill that we can use, along with assorted hand tools. The general policy is that as long as a mentor is present, you can use the tool, and since we have an abundance of mentors this year, the policy works fine.
-Daniel