AP: There is a mystique to the motorcycle. This is captured in Hollywood movies like “Easy Rider” to Milwaukee’s Harley Fest. Americans are intrigued by motorcycles. For Bradley Tech High School students in its BUILD program, the motorcycle is a unique way to learn job skills for the modern economy.
Bradley Tech has a history of teaching the trades, WUWM-FM (http://bit.ly/1PITiI5 ) reported. Five years ago, the school implemented the BUILD program. The program teaches students skills to put together a fully functioning motorcycle.
Steve Hopkins, an adviser for the program, says, “(BUILD) just fits into the whole scope of what Bradley Tech is about.” The program is not your typical science, math or English class in which students sit in desks all day; he says, it requires a lot of hands-on engagement with motorcycle parts and mechanics.
“Come on now, motorcycles, that’s pretty cool, right? I mean, yeah, that’s how I got interested in it,” admits Alex Reyes, a Tech student. “And they told me it was about building a motorcycle, so, I like the idea of that.”