When they went to school, my mother learned how to use a sewing machine, my father learned basic carpentry, and they both learned how to shoot and maintain an AK-47. Although the UUSR may not have been the perfect paradise that many people make it out to be, it does feel like modern school systems could learn a thing or two from the communists.
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Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 6 days agoImagine the reduction in e-waste if everyone in high school took a short course in how to use a soldering iron, solder-sucker/braid and heat-gun to replace common bits in consumer electronics. So many things could be saved that get thrown out only due to a bad microswitch or cracked solder joint to a USB or headphone connector …
renzev@lemmy.world 6 days ago
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 6 days ago
When I went to trade school I jumped all over the opportunity to learn how to solder for exactly that reason