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Question
Talk to an ironsmith, a carpenter and a potter about the nature of their work.
- Where did they learn to do their work?
- What else did they need to learn to be able to do this work?
- Have they taught this work to anybody in their family, or to anyone else?
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Solution
I talked to a potter.
Following are the questions and answers asked to him:
- Usually, they learn it from their parents.
- They have to learn to grind the clay properly, knead it, chalk it, give different shapes to the earthenware, cook the pot.
- Yes, he has taught this work to his children also.
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The table below has a list of different kinds of work that people do. Do you know people who do such work? Write their names in the first column. In the next column write from whom have they learnt their work?
| Kind of work | Name of people you know who do this work | Where did they learn this work from? |
| Cloth weaving | Prasad and Vani’s parents | From their elders |
| Cooking | ||
| Cycle repair | ||
| Flying aeroplanes | ||
| Sewing and embroidery | ||
| Singing | ||
| Making shoes | ||
| Flying kites | ||
| Farming | ||
| Cutting hair |
