The shorts premise ( study Industrial Arts to help you in the future) is a fair one. Being made in the Fifties, of course women aren't encouraged to study them.
The basics of using tools and knowing the differences in quality goods in that sector seem to be a good thing. Being able to repair or make things you want/need seems to be a great skill set for *anybody*.
Sadly,industrial arts are still given short-shrift as careers, generally. Even today. (See: for-profit "vocational schools")
The info was given relatively painlessly and it was a short that lived up to that designation.