The other $40 of your dues goes toward supporting the Association’s mission of Education (plus its upkeep and administration), including: -The School of Horology, at $3 – 5 /member, according to the notice -The museum -The Library and Research Center and -All other educational activities coming out of HQ. Member benefits – the ones that every member gets, including the Bulletin, the MART, and everything on the web (including this MB) – accounts for $30 of your $70/yr dues. Chuck Auman, NAWCC controller, did a calculation for me late last year. I encourage all of you to take that opportunity. When the Secretary announces the motion, all NAWCC members have a chance to stress their opinions to the BOD via an email to the Secretary. It’s not a done deal until the vote is taken. The notice states that a motion will be made to close the School. needs about 60 new watchmakers a year, and that isn’t happening. The previous school director surveyed the other horological schools and found that the consensus was that the U.S. I, personally, would like the School to remain open, as it is important that there are enough properly trained repairers – especially watchmakers – 20 years from now. Re: NAWCC School of Horology Closing Let’s think about this for a moment. With a 60 credit requirement for an AAS degree (associate) that roughly calculates to $11,640.00. NAWCC was expensive? Yes, but have any of you checked the tuition prices at community colleges or universities? When the last shoe has hit the floor, state sponsored community colleges in Colorado charge $582.00+/- tuition for three credit hour courses. It is a tragedy to see the NAWCC school is closing and possibly closing at the wrong time. Twenty four months could be 4 or six semesters. At approximately $357.00 per semester with a 24 month completion time, it seems like a bargain. As I understand it, Emily Griffith was started after the last great depression as a means to get people trained and employed. One school that still exists is the Emily Griffith Opportunity School in downtown Denver. The closure of the school is a sign of the times I guess. And spending $75 grand to get specialized knowledge necessary to open a "fix it shop" for clocks is way beyond what most people have to invest prior to investing in the business startup. Those fields take an advanced degree from an Ivy League college to get in the door. Knowing how to fix antique clocks won't get you even close to the door for a career as an archivist, curator, or even a forensic technician. On top of that, Horology is an outdated field. When you contrast this against the cost of a State University education being about the same but having a much better recognition of the diploma and value of the University education the horology school is a poor investment in both time and money. This is why trade schools have such a poor reputation. Further, what you get when you're finished with a trade school is a diploma that is not really recognized anywhere as having any real value. Most trade schools cost half what the horology school costs. The school, in reality, is just a trade school. Especially for just the hobbyist level of knowledge that I'm seeking. When I first realized that knowing how to fix clocks could be fun I looked into the NAWCC school. Since this is related to both clock and watch courses, I'm going to move this thread down to the Horological Miscellaneous forum for better exposure. I think the school will still be used, but more along the line of short courses such as the field suitcase workshops, where those already established can upgrade their skills with specialty courses. There's no guarantee that a young graduate would find a productive career as soon as the ink dries on his diploma.īut, I think most clock repair enterprises these days are one or two man operations with little room for expansion. I have a 26 year old daughter who graduated from a prestige university with honours who couldn't find work beyond waiting tables (she's teaching English in China now). A successful clock repair business grows from word of mouth as much as advertising. An apprenticeship program would really have been helpful to assist graduates, as I doubt they would come out of the school with enough real world experience to start their own business. Click to expand.It certainly would take a long time to get established.
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