MHS industrial arts

Post date: Jan 6, 2017 7:31:13 PM

Robert Hellemn

Reporter

“If this country is ever demoralized, it will come by trying to live without work”This quote by Abraham Lincoln was proven in 1931. Work is the foundation of the income and items people have, and people can love the industry for that. Which industry? All of them, every single one. There are many jobs in any industry, and those jobs give people what they have. People want houses, people need to build those houses. At MHS, students are offered many industrial tech classes that can help them find what industry or career to work in.

Classes offered by MHS for industrial tech are WoodWorking and Cabinetry 1, Advance Cabinetry, Exploring Carpentry, Architectural Drafting , Intro to Engineering, Digital Electronics, Welding 1, Welding 2, Small Engines, Small engines 2, and the Auto Shop classes. These classes are taught by Mrs. Reisdorf, Mr. Mathiowetz, Mr. Schneider, and Mr. Rood. “These classes are electives and like many of the other electives, if 20 students do not sign up for that class, it can’t be offered that year,” said Reisdorf.

The IT teachers all gave a similar definition to what industrial tech is. Industrial tech is the application of solving real life problems, and cooperating with anyone someone encounters. “The industrial classes offered by the school are what is offered by the community nearby,” says Reisdorf. Some of these industry jobs don’t require a college education. Although Mathiowetz and Reisdorf recommend a second education, Mr. Schneider has other advice. He suggests an apprenticeship and earning money while learning the skill at hand. Industry skills are not the Only skills learned in these classes.

Many of the classes at MHS teach more than skill at hand. Industrial classes teach some of the best qualities employers look for. They teach integrity, and the ethics behind honest work. “The lessons we teach can be used in any job someone chooses”, said Mathiowetz, “We teach problem solving and we teach the ability to come up with an idea, and make it into something.” These skills are skills leaders of companies of any kind have, and hire for. The skill to make an idea into an object is what inventors have, and entrepreneurs do to better themselves and society. Mr. Rood said that integrity and work ethic are the two things he sees when he teaches his class. They are the biggest skills that push people to pass. The industrial tech classes here at MHS teach not only the skills to become someone in that career, but the skills some one needs in any job.