One thing that has made me keep my opinions to myself about the kids schooling, is the fact that they they do give the kids a dive into home ec, shop, and stem-adjacent activities. Both have used 3-D printing in class. Maja used it in a design presentation for a marketing mini-course, and Millie... Millie was just being Millie.
This year's computers overview course in junior high had a portion on 3-D printing. One day, as I Ubered her between practices, she handed me a little duck form, obviously printed. The next time, I got another, then another, then, as that block of instruction finished, she handed me three more. Each student was supposed to have the machine print off one of half-dozen designs. The rules be damned, every time there was downtime in class, she slide another into the queue.
And before she moves to Upstate New York at the end of the month, I handed her a minis case with the six complete.
The stl files were pretty chunky, too much to file down, but they were also not to bad when compared to some other pieces we've acquired.
In the Queue: Gnomes, Lots of Terrain for Carf, and two amusing men.
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