[CAUT] Differences?

[Wimblees@aol.com]

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In a message dated 1/20/2006 10:49:27 P.M. Central Standard Time, =20
jim_busby@byu.edu writes:

A serious question  here; I=E2=80=99ve got three daughters and a son who hav=
e learned=20
to do quite a bit of  piano work. The girls all love to do tedious shop work=
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but HATE to tune. The  boy loves to tune but doesn=E2=80=99t like shop work=20=
all that=20
much. I just thought it  was their personalities until I started having=20
students work here at BYU.  Seems the same applies. I don=E2=80=99t want to=20=
come across as=20
sexist in any way, but  I want to understand why. All the female students se=
em=20
to excel more at the  shop skills, but seem to dislike tuning. It seems hard=
er=20
for them than the  guys. They seem to be less aggressive and more=20
perfectionists and can hardly  stand it if they don=E2=80=99t get it right N=
OW. There are other=20
teachers besides me  so I don=E2=80=99t think my teaching style is to be bla=
med. I guess=20
the real question  is, do women (physically, mentally=E2=80=A6) have a harde=
r time=20
learning to tune?? I  really want to encourage more women to take up the tra=
de. =20
(Help!)=20
Jim Busby  BYU=20



Jim
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Women are perfectionist, and they do have a LOT more patience than  men.=20
Again, not to be sexist, but that is why they make good secretaries.  They c=
atch=20
all the mistakes their male bosses make.=20
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But on the other side of that coin, 20 years ago I taught my wife to tune. =20
She did fine with that, but she is more or less mechanically challenged.  Sh=
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does not do well using tools. So when I tried teaching her  regulation and d=
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minor repairs, it just didn't register with  her. I think part of the reason=
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that she didn't do the same thing within  a couple of days. I could teach ho=
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to do one procedure, but unless she could do  it again within a week, she=20
would forget what to do.  I taught her how  to do let off on a direct blow=20
action. But when I tried to show her the same  thing on a drop action, it di=
dn't=20
register with her. The same with making  repairs.=20
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Wim=20

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