How to get the next generation interested in using hand and eye

[BusyBee]

I cannot really imagine anyone in my close family having real technical skills. I think my interest was not kindled by anyone's outside interest. I was fascinated by how things worked, particularly the valve radio we had at the time. I attempted to do things from and early age but, I think, actually progressed far better because my father was not a practical person (at least technically) so had to learn to do things myself, without any help, in my early years. I did wander about and was very inquisitive with what people were doing. I remember one time when I was little chatting to some builders closeby and being given a few bricks and cement to play building :D

Really though my world was more fantasy than practice. It was years before I built a radio which worked as I would be just as interested in getting the Enterprise to warp speed as receiving a radio station. In some ways I still am. It does make it easier to understand new concepts though.

Tracy