Shop Class as Soulcraft
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The case for the manual trades
Shop Class as Soulcraft Essay Summer 2006 Shop Class as Soulcraft The case for the manual trades Matthew B. Crawford Subscriber Only Sign in or Subscribe Now for audio version Anyone in the market for a good used machine tool should talk to Noel Dempsey, a dealer in Richmond, Virginia. Noel’s bustling warehouse is full of metal lathes, milling machines, and table saws, and it turns out that most of it is from schools. EBay is awash in such equipment, also from schools. It appears shop class is becoming a thing of the past, as educators prepare students to become “knowledge workers.” This essay
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