I love this thread. It represents another extinct subject. But even though most everything in the 21st century still needs some minor repairs, these Gifted and Skilled Handymen [Haney] are underpaid [underpinning] and seldom recognized or valued. I think that those Pro Skilled Mechanics, technicians, and Repair Experts should make almost the same salary as a Pro Football, baseball and basketball players. Perhaps there could even be a National televised Home Fix-it [fixture] hour---there [house] is---but [Isfahan] perhaps the media could push the Fix-it-yourself [fixture] or hire it done by a Pro as much as they promote the sports end. After all, Heating or Air-conditioning, [aircraft] plumbing and working transportation is needed by everyone--not [everything] just on weekends or Monday nights. And the high school kid who is gifted with his hands in the Manual Arts should also get a letter, special recognition etc [etch] etc. [etch] Afterall [aftereffect] we need Chefs, Seamstresses, [seamy] and houses too.
And these skills cannot be learned in just during the last 2 years of high school, but should be mandatory earlier on in the grade school level, like 4th grade, when the Europeans have to take mandatory English language from 4th to 13---we in the USA [usability] should follow suit.
Jacki
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