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In my suburban middle school in Northern NJ, everyone (boys & girls) was required to take:

* Wood shop

* Metal shop

* Cooking

* Sewing

* Typing

I never saw an injury.

Learning to work with our hands safely was quite valuable.

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First day of metalwork I managed to catch my hand on a sharp edge and got a cut that was bleeding juuuust enough to warrant a bandaid. I went to the teacher to ask for one. The look of confusion on his face is emblazoned on my memory. After a few minutes of scratching his head and thinking about the situation, he found some packing tape and covered the cut with that. And that was the last injury in that class!

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