As an ex-USSR kid I was taught to operate a lathe and solder stuff at school. Is it something kids elsewhere in the world did too or maybe still do as part of their curriculum?
In France, between 1992 ~ 95, I was around 11 to 14 y/o, we had 2h per week named 'Technology' where I learnt how to solder circuit board but also more, like chemical things to print and reveal it. We also operated many machinery like a lathe, a large top down drill, but also a tracing machine assisted by a computer, etc... It wasn't a specialised or optional program, it was main trunk public school and for all. We made cool accessories, like a dimmer switch for lights from A to Z.
same age. in 🇨🇭 we learned woodworking, sewing, how to sow grain. how to bake bread and how to dance our names. the mechanical stuff i learned by skipping saturday school and working for a bicycle builder (my parents never knew that i did not join religion classes and instead learned how to weld, mill and use a lathe) 😅
@davidrevoy 😂 yea its that thing. there is a person on the piano playing live, you learn how to move to the music and some kind of music theory, each terz or quint or whatever has its own expression move. life was different without internet... but you guys are the same age and you remember the times... no one answered so far if kids still have mechanical & selectrical classes
@pocketvj That's great to get a dancing and musical education. The only thing I had close in this field was only (in younger class, probably from 6y/o to 9) and with the purpose to prepare a yearly 'gala spectacle' at the end often in June. It wasn't dancing, but a mix of crafting a disguise (cardboard, gouache painting and tinfoil style) and teaching all classroom how to walk synchronised in a choregraphy invented by teachers, for later the spectacle in front of parents. Boring 🙃 😅
@davidrevoy @pocketvj I'm not even sure what it is that we were taught at school.
Maybe swimming? Island nations not being big on drowning.
But honestly technology teaching was pretty bad. They seemed to focus a lot on mechanical drafting and product design process. I would have bitten off your arm for a soldering iron, computer or lathe.
You guys did soldering?! And CAD?!! A decade later, I had such a class called "technology" in the main curriculum, where we made… a folding wooden bench 🫠️
That said, that bench is very sturdy and practical, and I'm still using it daily two decades later. So there you go, bug-free #technology right there, with an Enterprise-Grade™ lifecycle 🎖️ (I suppose @federicomena would confirm that #woodworking outlasts #electronics and code by a long shot).
@nekohayo Haha, yeah. But unfortunately it was a bit too early for me to enjoy this dive into electronic DIY. The only thing I enjoyed about that course was the low amount of tests and homework. At that age I was just obsessed with going home to continue my comic and play SuperNES. 🤣 I remember we even learned how to read the colour code on transistors in that class. But I have no memories of that, I was definitely too young to enjoy it.
David Revoy
•Aleksandr Prokudin
•PocketVJ
•@davidrevoy
same age.
in 🇨🇭 we learned woodworking, sewing, how to sow grain. how to bake bread and how to dance our names.
the mechanical stuff i learned by skipping saturday school and working for a bicycle builder (my parents never knew that i did not join religion classes and instead learned how to weld, mill and use a lathe) 😅
David Revoy
•@pocketvj
oh nice you had a 'baking bred' course. I'm jealous about that.
@prokoudine
Aleksandr Prokudin
•David Revoy
•Grades 1 - 3: Eurythmy - Rudolf Steiner School
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•PocketVJ
•😂 yea its that thing.
there is a person on the piano playing live, you learn how to move to the music and some kind of music theory, each terz or quint or whatever has its own expression move.
life was different without internet... but you guys are the same age and you remember the times...
no one answered so far if kids still have mechanical & selectrical classes
David Revoy
•Martin Owens :inkscape:
•@davidrevoy @pocketvj
I'm not even sure what it is that we were taught at school.
Maybe swimming? Island nations not being big on drowning.
But honestly technology teaching was pretty bad. They seemed to focus a lot on mechanical drafting and product design process. I would have bitten off your arm for a soldering iron, computer or lathe.
Jeff Fortin T.
•You guys did soldering?! And CAD?!!
A decade later, I had such a class called "technology" in the main curriculum, where we made… a folding wooden bench 🫠️
That said, that bench is very sturdy and practical, and I'm still using it daily two decades later. So there you go, bug-free #technology right there, with an Enterprise-Grade™ lifecycle 🎖️ (I suppose @federicomena would confirm that #woodworking outlasts #electronics and code by a long shot).
David Revoy
•@nekohayo Haha, yeah. But unfortunately it was a bit too early for me to enjoy this dive into electronic DIY. The only thing I enjoyed about that course was the low amount of tests and homework. At that age I was just obsessed with going home to continue my comic and play SuperNES. 🤣
I remember we even learned how to read the colour code on transistors in that class. But I have no memories of that, I was definitely too young to enjoy it.
@prokoudine @federicomena
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•@davidrevoy I'm a bit older... We did soldering. No lathe and I don't remember using that drill press that was in the shop.
We also built a balsa model plane.
Also, computer wise, it was a bit of MS-Works on MS-DOS.
No shop class like my Canadian GF described (both wood shop and mechanic shop)