Catcher 1 639 Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Not having a go at my lad.Love him to bits.The other day he asked me if he could build a hut in the garden.No i said as i got of the floor laughing.Wasent being mean. A few years ago i was putting up a higher fence to let the dogs have the run of the garden.So i told my son to stay in and help me put up the runner,s.Whats runners he asked.When i was a lad at school you did woodwork so you could learn the basics of working with tools.You would make a little chair ,table or a small cabinet.So after five mins watching him trying to nail in his end of the runner slipping of it mark dropping the hammer and bending the the fourth nail.I was losing the plot and shouted dident yo learn fecking woodwork at school.He gave me a good hard look and replyed Yes but they dident teach me how to build a fecking fence as he dropped the hammer and took off He will most likely get his hut.When i have time to build it As most of his friend are the same.They dont seem to know basic working skills Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 (edited) When I started secondary school we used to do CDT (woodworking, metalworking & basic engineering principles) & home economics. (cooking and stuff) Halfway through they combined them and started calling it Technology. When it was CDT the lessons were exclusively in the workshops on the tools, but when they changed it over we seemed to spend 75% of the lessons in the classroom carrying out market research, looking up similar products and designing what it was we had to make. The result was that we lost out on learning the basic 'hands on' skills that would have lasted though life. Before the change CDT was my favourite lesson, after it was my least favourite. I don't think it's coincidence that today's youngsters struggle to boil a fecking egg and struggle to hit a nail into a bit of wood.. Edited February 28, 2010 by maltenby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ratattack 111 Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 I did woodwork at school but i'm still shite at it! Some folks just aint good at it including me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Catcher 1 639 Posted February 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 When I started secondary school we used to do CDT (woodworking, metalworking & basic engineering principles) & home economics. (cooking and stuff) Halfway through they combined them and started calling it Technology. When it was CDT the lessons were exclusively in the workshops on the tools, but when they changed it over we seemed to spend 75% of the lessons in the classroom carrying out market research, looking up similar products and designing what it was we had to make. The result was that we lost out on learning the basic 'hands on' skills that would have lasted though life. Before the change CDT was my favourite lesson, after it was my least favourite. I don't think it's coincidence that today's youngsters struggle to boil a fecking egg and struggle to hit a nail into a bit of wood.. I loved woodwork,metal work and teckdrawing at school.i dont know if they still teach it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watson 1 Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 im only 15 and ive never done woodwork at school, but i am lucky enough to have the opportunity to do it at home, i have made all sorts at home, like ferret runs and things. maybe brief woodwork at school but we didnt make anything worth having and they wouldnt let us take them home so they will just pull them apart to use for other people!!! all my uncles and them have made all sorts when they were at secondary school ( which was the same secondary as i went to!!) they made stools and envelope knives and things!! we made f**k all! it annoys me as i would have liked to do it! trust me, hardly any schools do it now!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOPPER 1,809 Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 its the x box generation mate if you do some software for hut buiding on x box he ll build hundreds of them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 When I started secondary school we used to do CDT (woodworking, metalworking & basic engineering principles) & home economics. (cooking and stuff) Halfway through they combined them and started calling it Technology. When it was CDT the lessons were exclusively in the workshops on the tools, but when they changed it over we seemed to spend 75% of the lessons in the classroom carrying out market research, looking up similar products and designing what it was we had to make. The result was that we lost out on learning the basic 'hands on' skills that would have lasted though life. Before the change CDT was my favourite lesson, after it was my least favourite. I don't think it's coincidence that today's youngsters struggle to boil a fecking egg and struggle to hit a nail into a bit of wood.. I loved woodwork,metal work and teckdrawing at school.i dont know if they still teach it Aye, tec drawing was one we used to do before the change too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Catcher 1 639 Posted February 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 im only 15 and ive never done woodwork at school, but i am lucky enough to have the opportunity to do it at home, i have made all sorts at home, like ferret runs and things. maybe brief woodwork at school but we didnt make anything worth having and they wouldnt let us take them home so they will just pull them apart to use for other people!!! all my uncles and them have made all sorts when they were at secondary school ( which was the same secondary as i went to!!) they made stools and envelope knives and things!! we made f**k all! it annoys me as i would have liked to do it! trust me, hardly any schools do it now!!! I think its a shame most schools dont do it.showing aptitude at these skills can lead to getting a good job it the building trade Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Woods one of my favourite materials ... i loved it at school & made loads of stuff ... even now i can sharpen a pencil down to nothing just to see the patterns in the wood shavings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlefish 586 Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 (edited) Not having a go at my lad.Love him to bits.The other day he asked me if he could build a hut in the garden.No i said as i got of the floor laughing.Wasent being mean. A few years ago i was putting up a higher fence to let the dogs have the run of the garden.So i told my son to stay in and help me put up the runner,s.Whats runners he asked.When i was a lad at school you did woodwork so you could learn the basics of working with tools.You would make a little chair ,table or a small cabinet.So after five mins watching him trying to nail in his end of the runner slipping of it mark dropping the hammer and bending the the fourth nail.I was losing the plot and shouted dident yo learn fecking woodwork at school.He gave me a good hard look and replyed Yes but they dident teach me how to build a fecking fence as he dropped the hammer and took off He will most likely get his hut.When i have time to build it As most of his friend are the same.They dont seem to know basic working skills What age is your lad? Maybe you could get him and a few of his mates round to do the hut as a team and teach them some skills. Organise a picnic lunch or a few sausages on a BBQ to keep it fun. Edited February 28, 2010 by littlefish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Catcher 1 639 Posted February 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Woods one of my favourite materials ... i loved it at school & made loads of stuff ... even now i can sharpen a pencil down to nothing just to see the patterns in the wood shavings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Catcher 1 639 Posted February 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Not having a go at my lad.Love him to bits.The other day he asked me if he could build a hut in the garden.No i said as i got of the floor laughing.Wasent being mean. A few years ago i was putting up a higher fence to let the dogs have the run of the garden.So i told my son to stay in and help me put up the runner,s.Whats runners he asked.When i was a lad at school you did woodwork so you could learn the basics of working with tools.You would make a little chair ,table or a small cabinet.So after five mins watching him trying to nail in his end of the runner slipping of it mark dropping the hammer and bending the the fourth nail.I was losing the plot and shouted dident yo learn fecking woodwork at school.He gave me a good hard look and replyed Yes but they dident teach me how to build a fecking fence as he dropped the hammer and took off He will most likely get his hut.When i have time to build it As most of his friend are the same.They dont seem to know basic working skills What age is your lad? Maybe you could get him and a few of his mates round to do the hut as a team and teach them some skills. Organise a picnic lunch or a few sausages on a BBQ to keep it fun. At the time he was 18 mate.Him and his mates would have a great watching me do all the work.Tryed to teach them.they seem to get bored to easy.atb.Catcher Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Woods one of my favourite materials ... i loved it at school & made loads of stuff ... even now i can sharpen a pencil down to nothing just to see the patterns in the wood shavings Dont you stroke wood i do its wonderfull stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Catcher 1 639 Posted February 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Woods one of my favourite materials ... i loved it at school & made loads of stuff ... even now i can sharpen a pencil down to nothing just to see the patterns in the wood shavings Dont you stroke wood i do its wonderfull stuff Stop it Kay your getting me worked up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Woods one of my favourite materials ... i loved it at school & made loads of stuff ... even now i can sharpen a pencil down to nothing just to see the patterns in the wood shavings Dont you stroke wood i do its wonderfull stuff Stop it Kay your getting me worked up Go take a cold shower Catcher, it's not good for a fella your age to get worked up at the thought of wood being stroked! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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