Can the Youth of Today Build and Create?

In class on Wednesday the statement was made that sort of went like this (I paraphrase): 

"I daresay that none of you are able to build or fix anything."

Maybe I misunderstood the point that was trying to be made by this claim but if I did not I was a little shocked by this generalization.  I considered speaking out against it but I held my tongue and I must say that it has been eating at me ever since.  I cannot speak for many others that are in this class with me but I for one can build and fix things.  Excuse me here while I toot my own horn and compile a short list of things that I can build and/or fix. 

Furniture - I'm no master craftsman but I have built furniture alongside two of the best, my grandfather and my father.

Bikes - restored two Mattel Stallion bicycles from the 1980's

Generator - multiple times I have worked with my dad trying to get a generator to start

Garden Beds (general landscaping) - operated a Bobcat (skidsteer) for multiple summers cleaning up our property.

Legos - I loved building with these when I was a kid!  My love for them was rekindled when my 5 year old sister rediscovered my stash and we spent the evening building Lego City.

Models (plastic or wood) - multiple model airplanes hang in my room and two of my model boats "grace" the fireplace mantle.

Tree House - got a pretty nice one out in the backfield, roof, windows, the whole nine yards.

House - obviously too large to be completed alone and I do not have full knowledge of all of the codes and requirements necessary to be given a certificate of occupancy, but I have helped build the house that I live in.  From digging the foundation, placing concrete, nailing stud joists, and snaking wires through walls, I have been there for, and helped with, each step of the process.

Car Repair - small stuff like taking dings out of the body, installing air intakes, changing fluids, etc.

I stop here because I figure that I have sufficiently embarrassed myself.  This is just a small list of some of the things that I personally can do with my own two hands, and I know that some of them seem a tad inconsequential but I have listed them and that is that.  In this field of experience I generally think that I have a decent amount of knowledge.  The majority of it has come from my family but many of my friends also share my love for activities like those previously mentioned and that has helped to further my love for them.  A few of them have experiences very similar to mine, some are a little different.  For example, a friend of mine in my residence hall is, as you read, creating a video game the likes of which much larger and well known companies should take notice.  A few friends from high school, given the blueprints and materials, could build a house.  Two guys could, and have, built they're own cars from the ground up, one even made the body of the vehicle himself.  A few others have rebuilt engines.

Maybe some of my generation is embracing the service side of industry as America seems to steadily move away from production, not that that is bad and is greatly needed in these times.  However, to say that none of us can hold up the production side and build, create, and fix what we own is incorrect.