[Design and Technology] Re: destech Digest, Vol 40, Issue 20

[Ben Hodgetts]

Hi all.
Likewise I agree with Paul Dawes. I teach not only the D&T but VET in 
building and construction, and the list applies to us as well. 
Inconceivable. Students who are to be prepared and even do work experience 
on site, yet we cannot teach them how to use a bandsaw or circular saw. That 
is foolhardy. We could be sued I believe, as we have not got our students 
industry prepared. Remember parents that sue private schools for not 
teaching their students. Parents quite often pay an excess fee so that their 
children can do these courses, yet we are not preparing them adequately.
Be afraid.
Ben Hodgetts.