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Old 05-17-2017, 05:12 PM
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My local school system still does rocketry in the 8th grade.
I was building (and doing a good job) Skill-Level 3 and 4 rockets (Nike Ajax, Honest John, 1284 Space Shuttle) at age 8 in 1978. At that age I wielded #1 and #6 X-Acto knives with precision.
These kids nowadays have next to zilch for mechanical dexterity other than with a video game controller.
I grew up in the FIRST generation of arcade Video Games and spent many hours in arcades but that was not my ONLY activity. I still enjoy vintage video games/pinball and have vintage full-sized Galaga and Centipede video games along with a Williams F-14 Tomcat pinball in my living room.
Video games are fun but only PART of balanced hobby activities.
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