05/27/2026
A RECENT ARTICLE FOCUSED ON THE GROWING TREND
OF LEARNING A TRADE! (see below)
When I was in high school there were many who were college bound and some who were in the DECA program, Distributive Education. We also had Home Economics and Wood Shop, usually girls and boys, respectively.
I’m thrilled with the emerging interest in learning a trade. We need more trained tradespeople. Not just the traditional trades like carpenters, welders, electricians and plumbers.
When we first moved here in 1972 there were skilled people who would make sewing alterations, sharpen knives, resole shoes, do custom wrought iron, rehab your sewing machine and make most handyman household repairs. They were professionals, more than DYI hobbyists. It’s harder to find them these days.
I’ll bet if someone started a knife sharpening business, they would do rather well! Revive skills! Reverse corporate obsolesce, don’t buy a new knife!
