I support this petition. Practical, construction-related classes are very important in certain types of field work after school. I wish I had taken it.
I support this petition. BEE132 is a fantastic course taught by an equally fantastic teacher. The material from that course will remain pertinent throughout my life, and will be remembered long after I forget everything from required classes such as calculus.
I support this petition. These courses teach important skills useful in everyday life and a Cornell education should include more than just pure academics. The skills I learned in woodworking will stay with me and continue to be useful forever. That's more than I can say for many of the other classes I've taken.
I support this petition. Cornell University, being the strong agricultural institution that it is, as well as being University that claims "Any Student, Any Study" as their motto should offer these very important classes.
I find it difficult to believe that at Cornell (a place for any person to find instruction in any study), enriching, skill-developing courses such as these would be eliminated in the name of storage! Please reconsider this decision and please bring back our BEE wood and metal courses.
I suppose it's only natural for a wealthy private university to look down upon manual labor, but they might want to reconsider taking away options from those who are interested in pursuing said work.
I truly hope whoever is making the decision to cancel Mr Cooks classes has actually taken them, and understands the magnitude and practicality of the learning experience you are cutting off from the student body. To be quite honest, there is a large number of the ivy league elite generation of future leaders that would do well to experience what it is to work with your hands. I have taken Mr Cooks class, and i can tell you that it has opened my eyes up to what is a whole different lifestyle that i never knew before, one whose nuances much of the future policy makers of America are probably ignorant too.
Please keep the classes. I hope you understand what you are removing from the undergraduate experience here.
Daniel Schneider
I wanted to take this class next year because it doesn't fit into my class this year at all. I haven't gotten the chance to revisit woodworking since high school and I was excited about the opportunity to try again. I hope they don't take BEE Woodworking away...
I support this petition. Shop classes are hugely important to students who need physical and not only intellectual evidence of what they are capable of. Using your hands to build something is one of the most satisfying educational experiences you can have. Considering that I want to take woodworking next semester I strongly object to removing these classes for our roster just because they are "unnecessary."
I support this petition. As a graduate student having taken at least one of these classes, I find them to transfer knowledge incredibly valuable to the engineering community.
I support this petition. These classes are crucial for a better understanding on how to design. How can one make a cost effective, produce able design without a understanding on how it can be produced. Hands on learning is the most memorable type, and why not give students practical skills that are useful to them, no matter where they end up.
I support this petition. These are valuable skills that students have no where else to learn, but which will be useful both in many settings throughout the rest of their lives!
