"Somewhere along the line a decision was made that everybody needs to go to college, and it was something less worthy working with your hands and doing these skilled jobs," said Thorkilsen. "Shop class got replaced by computer science and information technology. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but why did it have to be a replacement? Why couldn't it have been an addition? Because it truly is a fact that the satisfactions that come from successfully working with your hands, no matter what the trade is, there's a real benefit from that."