3 min.
SMOKE RINGS
Traditional Skills
“Well, of course, the old traditional skills are dying out”. How often do we hear that? Sadly, though, there is much truth in it. There are many reasons for that. Firstly, in our technologically sophisticated world, there is not the same demand for these skills that there once was.
Robotics, computer controlled machinery, 3D printing and other technologies have, in many cases, rendered traditional skills largely redundant. Consequently, companies (with notable exceptions) do not offer apprenticeships to the same extent as they once did, as the profile of their workforce has changed. Secondly, there is undue pressure on young people to go to university, as if this is the only way to ‘get on’. This, I believe, has been proved to be false. So many young people end…
