I was never given the opportunity to try machine-shop, or woodworking in highschool, those classes were already removed from schooling around the time I got the

I was never given the opportunity to try machine-shop, or woodworking in highschool, those classes were already removed from schooling around the time I got there. But it would have been a nice path for me to get a AWS certification in welding. I'm surprised that these have been removed from curriculum, there is a pretty high value in these classes in terms of exposure and training for skilled work... Hopefully it is brought back at some point with the explosion of interest DIY, it would be cool to see an engineering course that offers exposure to different fields (mechanical // chemical // fabrication // failure identification). Which in turn would really drive interest into engineering not as a "major" but as an ideological mindset. I think I'm starting to ramble...