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Do any of you teach general things that everyone should know?

 
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Hello
I know there is a need for the school that I'm talking about. Just bare with me.
I grew up on a small farm in WV and we had to do everything form planting garden, fixing any equipment that broke , building everything that we had and up keep
of the house, barn and water well. On top of that we had to hunt for meat and cut all the fire wood because that was the only heat.
I'm amazed at what I see these days. People have no basic understanding of how to do simple things everyone should know. I would like to start a school for people to teach then how to do these basic thing.
Is there a market for this kind of thing and do any of you do this kind of thing. I have a small house that I could turn into a class room. What is the best way to get this kind of thing started.
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I don't know that this is an exact duplicate, but some of the skills you're talking about are taught in my area at folk schools.
 
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OK folk schools. I didnt know what they were called. Does anyone out there teach at a folk school?


 
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If this is something you feel that you would really like doing, why not pick just one subject and try having a class?

In the past, I have seen folks that put on some different types of classes such as "Lawn mower repair".

This might be of interest to you or others:

https://wvfolklife.org/
 
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