Jonathan man you must have a ton of patience.
Those are fine eggs. What tool do they learn to do the egg with.? Skew?
My pic of the bunch was in class 2. Specifcally 2-2 and 2-3. They seemed to have great wood and the acorn look came out great.
Ya know if times were better economically i would be suggesting we old fogies put together a contest or incentive for a bunch of kids like this to tantilize them into the vortex at a young age. This to me is where the tool manufacturers arent thinking strategically about marketing to the next gen. They need to realize at the current rate this next gen is going to have a console in their hands and never leave the couch and in time to come their business will be naught when we are all 6 ft under.
As a matter of interest what was their own reaction to the instant gratification of being able to create an object from wood. What age group are we talking here?
Great work and great effort thanks for sharing and all the best to them.
Let's take it from the top Rob. Nope, not a ton of patience, the medications just work well!!!!
Actually, I have my days, but all in all, it is a dream job for the most part. The saddest thing is some of the situations these kids are in. Knowing them more personally due to the size of our community, the situations/homelife they currently live in, can't say what I would have been like under similar situations. Probably would have been worse than my worse students. So that stays in the back of my mind constantly.
Actually their first homework assignment the first day of school is to bring in a piece of limb wood. Two students dropped the class because homework was assigned the first day!!
So the tools used for the eggs, roughing gouge, bull nosed chisel, and for the students that seemed to have a good working knowledge of why and what was happening, the skew at the end. Oh, also the parting tool.
Don't get me started on the socialization of our American society. I am lucky that my school still has a school board made up of members for the most part that believe in hands on education. Funny, can't find teachers that are taught that so it is a lost art in the world of education. Like my welding classes, I teach so they can do some of their own work/repair. Make a little money on the side when the paycheck needs a little stretching so baby can have new shoes.
Age group, 9th grade thru 12th grade. 13 years old thru 18/19/20 years of age depending on number of classes/grades repeated. I tell you, the moment the "light" comes on, it is wonderful to see each and every time!!!! I keep telling them, "it is a present from God, all you all have to do is unwrap it!!". Yep, unconventional teaching from an unconventional teacher.
And to be honest, it is and I hope always great to see what lies under the bark of that wood brought in by them.
Great questions, hope I didn't talk your leg off answering them.