<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/20/2006 10:49:27 P.M. Central Standard Time, jim_busby@byu.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000080 size= =2> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A serious quest= ion here; I’ve got three daughters and a son who have learned to do qu= ite a bit of piano work. The girls all love to do tedious shop work but HATE to tune. T= he boy loves to tune but doesn’t like shop work all that much. I just= thought it was their personalities until I started having students work here at BYU. Seems the same applies. I don’t want to come across as sexist in a= ny way, but I want to understand why. All the female students seem to excel more at th= e shop skills, but seem to dislike tuning. It seems harder for them than the= guys. They seem to be less aggressive and more perfectionists and can hard= ly stand it if they don’t get it right NOW. There are other teachers = besides me so I don’t think my teaching style is to be blamed. I guess the re= al question is, do women (physically, mentally…) have a harder time learning t= o tune?? I really want to encourage more women to take up the trade. (Help!)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:= p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jim Busby BYU<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:= p></SPAN></FONT></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Jim</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Women are perfectionist, and they do have a LOT more patience than= men. Again, not to be sexist, but that is why they make good secretarie= s. They catch all the mistakes their male bosses make. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But on the other side of that coin, 20 years ago I taught my wife to tu= ne. She did fine with that, but she is more or less mechanically challenged. She does not do well using tools. So when I tried teaching he= r regulation and do minor repairs, it just didn't register with her. I think part of the reason is that she didn't do the same thing wi= thin a couple of days. I could teach how to do one procedure, but unless she coul= d do it again within a week, she would forget what to do.  I taught her= how to do let off on a direct blow action. But when I tried to show her the same= thing on a drop action, it didn't register with her. The same with making repairs. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>