Don't the high schools teach car repair any more?

Morrigoon · 04-09-2007, 01:11 PM

When I was in school, my high school had a car repair shop program. Don't they do that any more?

I'm trying to figure out what to do with my Jeep, and one thing I thought of was to let high school car repair students have at it, but damned if I can find any evidence of the local schools having a car repair program. Maybe the school system just hasn't figured out that the internet exists yet (hey, it could happen... when I was in school my algebra textbooks mentioned computer punch cards, okay?), or maybe they just don't fund programs like that any more.

Betty · 04-09-2007, 01:18 PM

That jeep doesn't happen to be an 03 with a working back window zipper does it?

Ghoulish Delight · 04-09-2007, 01:21 PM

It's very rare. Shop classes in general (auto, wood, metal) are becoming scarcer and scarcer as schools are forced to dedicate more and more of the operating budget to turning kids into standardized-test-taking automatons.

DreadPirateRoberts · 04-09-2007, 01:21 PM

Donate it to the LoT commune?

I checked and my HS doesn't have an automotive program anymore. Bummer, it was fun to work on cars at school. I think LB City College still has an automotive program.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-09-2007, 01:23 PM

North Hollywood High's auto shop teacher is still listed as faculty, so I take that as solid evidence that the class is still running. (wow, just found some photos of the school from 1927. Trippy)

Gn2Dlnd · 04-09-2007, 01:26 PM

I think Santa Monica College has an auto repair course, try your local JC.

Then again, I've always wanted a Jeep.

BarTopDancer · 04-09-2007, 01:38 PM

Golden West College has an auto-repair program. I think OCC does as well.

Betty - it is a Jeep Grand Cherokee.

DreadPirateRoberts · 04-09-2007, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Betty

That jeep doesn't happen to be an 03 with a working back window zipper does it?

You could try Quadratec for soft top parts.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-09-2007, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DreadPirateRoberts

You could try Quadratec for soft top parts.

Wow, I read that and thought, "Why would one need to go online for Pop Tarts that aren't stale?"

DreadPirateRoberts · 04-09-2007, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Wow, I read that and thought, "Why would one need to go online for Pop Tarts that aren't stale?"

have NA try typing it 3 times fast

04-09-2007, 01:11 PM	#1
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Don't the high schools teach car repair any more? When I was in school, my high school had a car repair shop program. Don't they do that any more? I'm trying to figure out what to do with my Jeep, and one thing I thought of was to let high school car repair students have at it, but damned if I can find any evidence of the local schools having a car repair program. Maybe the school system just hasn't figured out that the internet exists yet (hey, it could happen... when I was in school my algebra textbooks mentioned computer punch cards, okay?), or maybe they just don't fund programs like that any more. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	That jeep doesn't happen to be an 03 with a working back window zipper does it? __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	It's very rare. Shop classes in general (auto, wood, metal) are becoming scarcer and scarcer as schools are forced to dedicate more and more of the operating budget to turning kids into standardized-test-taking automatons. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	Donate it to the LoT commune? I checked and my HS doesn't have an automotive program anymore. Bummer, it was fun to work on cars at school. I think LB City College still has an automotive program.
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04-09-2007, 01:23 PM	#5
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	North Hollywood High's auto shop teacher is still listed as faculty, so I take that as solid evidence that the class is still running. (wow, just found some photos of the school from 1927. Trippy) __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	I think Santa Monica College has an auto repair course, try your local JC. Then again, I've always wanted a Jeep. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Golden West College has an auto-repair program. I think OCC does as well. Betty - it is a Jeep Grand Cherokee. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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