# What is "shop class" like now in High Schools?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 16, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-shop-class-like-now-in-high-schools/998910 "2024-03-16T13:18:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-shop-class-like-now-in-high-schools/998910/61 "2024-03-18T03:49:41Z")

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I’ve seen a lot of school move to robotics and now including 3-D printing.

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**Author:** ![Imuseless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbce88/32.png) [@Imuseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imuseless)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-shop-class-like-now-in-high-schools/998910/62 "2024-03-20T03:49:38Z")

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My Higj School didn’t have a shop class in Canada from late 2000s to early 2010s.

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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-shop-class-like-now-in-high-schools/998910/63 "2024-03-20T13:15:02Z")

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I reckon this would be great - esp. the 3-D printing as those will be common (surprised they are not already). A bit of CAD plus seeing your thingamajig created on something that costs less than $500. The price of the materials needs to come down yet good luck figuring out ways to prevent working handguns or at least gun parts (both improbable),

Though I (or at least my father) could have made either in his machine shop 40 years ago. And not out of plastic.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-shop-class-like-now-in-high-schools/998910/64 "2024-03-21T00:08:59Z")

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Do modern shop classes (or other courses) have 3D printing? You’d think that would be a useful skill…

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-shop-class-like-now-in-high-schools/998910/65 "2024-03-21T00:23:19Z")

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They offered such for my kids.

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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-shop-class-like-now-in-high-schools/998910/66 "2024-03-21T00:42:26Z")

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Yes, 3-D printing is covered in the two quarter Technology course in 9th grade. They learn to use some software to design and print out an object.

This is the same class in which they learn Google Sheets and Google Dos, learn to make an online survey, collate and visualize results.

Stuff they are going to need for high school.

My kid also used the 3-D printer for the Robotics team on year.

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