Yup I took auto-mech in high school..
first year we mostly did classroom work,but second year we disassembled motors,then had to check clearances when we put them back together of course they had to run when we put them back together
We could also work on our cars or if we had some friends car that needed work we could bring them into the shop,the main thing was,to have some project to keep each of us busy,was the best class I took in highschool