@Tugcowboy.
A good video, which brings us onto another good point. We now have access to the internet, which not only fills some of the gaps left by all of the engineering/etc colleges that shut down, but actually offers a lot more focused and versatile access to skills teaching. It is also easier to cross between disciplines. Even if you don't get a certificate. OK you still need to make stuff really learn, but ignorance is no longer an excuse.
You no longer need to go to college to learn practical skills. You no longer need a classroom to be told what books have the information you need. There are many online resources, including video tutorials, text searches, blogs and forums.
If a picture paints a thousand words, a video is so much more.
There are so many opportunities for getting 'self taught'. There are lots of teachers and video tutorials. If you don't get it the first time, rewind. If you don't like the teacher, go to another video and get the same information from another source. If you want to know how to make an electrical doohicky , you don't need to do an EE course first. You can just search for that one task.
I did woodwork in school, to O'Level. It taught me how to read a woodwork drawing, how to square a piece of timber, use a selection of hand tools, use a lathe/turn a piece of wood and make some basic joints. I have taken up woodworking again in the last 2 or 3 years. I have learned how to use new techniques for joinery and cabinet making. Using new types of hardware. New types of tools that are available and reviews, without having to subscribe to magazines that I may never have known about, unless WHS had them. How to set up and use different types of power tools safely and correctly. How to make my own tools and jigs, being able to search for jigs that have been invented/modified/improved upon by clever home engineers.
Some people have a very strong disposition against buying online. Without online buying many of the tools I have bought I would not have been able to get back home, unless B&Q stocked them. Power tools can be bought by some specialist suppliers, but finding them, visiting them (perhaps an hours drive each way), and then finding they only stock one or two brands, and because they are specialist shops they charge premium prices.
Without the internet, I would not be woodworking. It has opened up new skill set for me, and put me in touch with other like minded enthusiasts and some professional craftsman I would not have know about before.
Long live the internet.