Why would you need to know anything or figure it out when all the "information" you will ever need is sitting in your pocket. I am trying to teach my kids to figure things out without the use of the internet. Rebuilding a 327 SBC at the moment with my oldest and he thought I was nuts when I pulled out a book on rebuilding a Chevy Smallblock and started taking notes. "Why don't you find a video on that". Seriously...

All the crap schools teach them with does nothing but shorten attention spans and reinforce lack of attention to detail. I am very concerned for a lot of things, hell.. I can't even find a kid who can understand the concept of how a clutch works.... let alone trying to explain how a torque converter works.

It saddens me greatly to see such a rapid decline in a mere 30 years.