I thought I would post some shots of the work my HS students have done this
year. All are first year students (some 1st semester, some 2nd)

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On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:18:17 -0800, "Glen"
wrote:

I thought I would post some shots of the work my HS students have done this
year. All are first year students (some 1st semester, some 2nd)

I can see the pride in the way the students display their work!

"Glen" wrote in message
...
I thought I would post some shots of the work my HS students have done this
year. All are first year students (some 1st semester, some 2nd)


They did good. Hopefully, they learned a skill that will be of great help
for many years both for practicality and for pleasure.

Glen wrote:
I thought I would post some shots of the work my HS students have done this
year. All are first year students (some 1st semester, some 2nd)


All very respectable work. Why didn't we have girls in MY shop class!

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

We secretly replaced the dilithium
with Folger's Crystals...

Let me tell you a bit about one of the girls whose work I posted (jewlery
box and night stand). She is a special ed. student with 3rd grade reading
ability and 2nd grade math. When she entered my class as a first semester
student last spring she had a very low self concept from years of being the
"class dummy." I require my students to read a section of the text on any
power tool before they can use the machine, then they have to list the
safety rules and sketch the machine labeling the main parts. The reading
was beyond her. I had a TA in the class who helped her and read the
material with her. She started slowly but began to blossom. She still
works slowly, but puts care into each step. Her schedule this year, as a
2nd semester student wouldn't allow her to fit in the 1b (second semester)
class, but I worked it out with the guidance office so she could enroll as a
1b in a 1a class (absolute beginners). Here she was the expert. Other
"normal" students came to her for advice. This was what she needed! For
the first ime in her academic life SHE was the whiz kid. Having taught for
34 years, watching this youn lady grow has been one of the highlights of my
career.

Glen

"Gerald Ross" wrote in message
. ..
Glen wrote:
I thought I would post some shots of the work my HS students have done
this year. All are first year students (some 1st semester, some 2nd)


All very respectable work. Why didn't we have girls in MY shop class!

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

We secretly replaced the dilithium
with Folger's Crystals...

Glen you are a rarity among teachers - one that still have the love of
teaching, but also the caring feelings for the students needs.

You didn't say if this was a public school or not, but I hope that it
is. If so, there is still hope for public education in this country.

Thank you for sharing this story.

John AKA Cooniedog

Glen wrote:
Let me tell you a bit about one of the girls whose work I posted (jewlery
box and night stand). She is a special ed. student with 3rd grade reading
ability and 2nd grade math. When she entered my class as a first semester
student last spring she had a very low self concept from years of being the
"class dummy." I require my students to read a section of the text on any
power tool before they can use the machine, then they have to list the
safety rules and sketch the machine labeling the main parts. The reading
was beyond her. I had a TA in the class who helped her and read the
material with her. She started slowly but began to blossom. She still
works slowly, but puts care into each step. Her schedule this year, as a
2nd semester student wouldn't allow her to fit in the 1b (second semester)
class, but I worked it out with the guidance office so she could enroll as a
1b in a 1a class (absolute beginners). Here she was the expert. Other
"normal" students came to her for advice. This was what she needed! For
the first ime in her academic life SHE was the whiz kid. Having taught for
34 years, watching this youn lady grow has been one of the highlights of my
career.

Glen

"Gerald Ross" wrote in message
. ..
Glen wrote:
I thought I would post some shots of the work my HS students have done
this year. All are first year students (some 1st semester, some 2nd)


All very respectable work. Why didn't we have girls in MY shop class!

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

We secretly replaced the dilithium
with Folger's Crystals...

"Cooniedog" wrote in message
...
Glen you are a rarity among teachers - one that still have the love of
teaching, but also the caring feelings for the students needs.

Very well said, Being 56 and having a two children 13 & 18 I have to say
even living a area were the school are suppose to be top notch it's amazing
how many teachers are doing nothing but collecting a check and bulling
students God forbid they might have fun at school and enjoy it. But there
are those stand out teachers that make the dereference.

Good for her and good for you. It's amazing what some "special ed."
students can do when they find something that interests them and someone who
is willing to take the time and effort to support them. It' too bad there
aren't more teacher around like you.

"Glen" wrote in message
...
Let me tell you a bit about one of the girls whose work I posted (jewlery
box and night stand). She is a special ed. student with 3rd grade reading
ability and 2nd grade math. When she entered my class as a first semester
student last spring she had a very low self concept from years of being
the "class dummy." I require my students to read a section of the text on
any power tool before they can use the machine, then they have to list the
safety rules and sketch the machine labeling the main parts. The reading
was beyond her. I had a TA in the class who helped her and read the
material with her. She started slowly but began to blossom. She still
works slowly, but puts care into each step. Her schedule this year, as a
2nd semester student wouldn't allow her to fit in the 1b (second semester)
class, but I worked it out with the guidance office so she could enroll as
a 1b in a 1a class (absolute beginners). Here she was the expert. Other
"normal" students came to her for advice. This was what she needed! For
the first ime in her academic life SHE was the whiz kid. Having taught
for 34 years, watching this youn lady grow has been one of the highlights
of my career.

Glen

"Gerald Ross" wrote in message
. ..
Glen wrote:
I thought I would post some shots of the work my HS students have done
this year. All are first year students (some 1st semester, some 2nd)


All very respectable work. Why didn't we have girls in MY shop class!

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

We secretly replaced the dilithium
with Folger's Crystals...

"Glen" wrote in message
...
She started slowly but began to blossom. She still works slowly, but
puts care into each step. Her schedule this year, as a 2nd semester
student wouldn't allow her to fit in the 1b (second semester) class, but I
worked it out with the guidance office so she could enroll as a 1b in a 1a
class (absolute beginners). Here she was the expert. Other "normal"
students came to her for advice. This was what she needed! For the first
ime in her academic life SHE was the whiz kid. Having taught for 34
years, watching this youn lady grow has been one of the highlights of my
career.

Good for both of you. That may be life changing for her, building
confidence, showing abilities not seen before, making her productive and
fulfilled in life. Thanks for sharing. You may also want to tell her
others that have been in the hobby for a while admired her work.

Glen wrote:

Let me tell you a bit about one of the girls whose work I posted (jewlery
box and night stand). She is a special ed. student with 3rd grade reading

The nightstand was my favorite piece in the group. Very clean, elegant
design, and from all appearances an excellent execution as well. Pass on
to them all a 'job well done', but especially to her...

....Kevin
--
Kevin Miller, Juneau, Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
Registered Linux User No: 307357

Gerald Ross wrote:

Glen wrote:
I thought I would post some shots of the work my HS students have done
this
year. All are first year students (some 1st semester, some 2nd)


All very respectable work. Why didn't we have girls in MY shop class!

You just didn't notice them. They were the ones with the beards! ;-)

....Kevin
--
Kevin Miller, Juneau, Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
Registered Linux User No: 307357

Are they in the Witness Protection Program?

B.

What a great story Glen. Would you mind if I share
it with my niece? She is a 2nd year special needs
teacher and she could sure use some encouragement.
Puff

"Glen" wrote in message
...
Let me tell you a bit about one of the girls
whose work I posted (jewlery box and night
stand). She is a special ed. student with 3rd
grade reading ability and 2nd grade math. When
she entered my class as a first semester student
last spring she had a very low self concept from
years of being the "class dummy." I require my
students to read a section of the text on any
power tool before they can use the machine, then
they have to list the safety rules and sketch
the machine labeling the main parts. The
reading was beyond her. I had a TA in the class
who helped her and read the material with her.
She started slowly but began to blossom. She
still works slowly, but puts care into each
step. Her schedule this year, as a 2nd semester
student wouldn't allow her to fit in the 1b
(second semester) class, but I worked it out
with the guidance office so she could enroll as
a 1b in a 1a class (absolute beginners). Here
she was the expert. Other "normal" students
came to her for advice. This was what she
needed! For the first ime in her academic life
SHE was the whiz kid. Having taught for 34
years, watching this youn lady grow has been one
of the highlights of my career.

Glen

"Gerald Ross" wrote in
message
. ..
Glen wrote:
I thought I would post some shots of the work
my HS students have done this year. All are
first year students (some 1st semester, some
2nd)


All very respectable work. Why didn't we have
girls in MY shop class!

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

We secretly replaced the dilithium
with Folger's Crystals...

Thank you for your kind words.

I do teach in a public school, student population 3400. We are in Southern
California, not very far from Los Angeles. While as a school we have all of
the problems that other schools in our area suffer (gangs, drugs, violence,
30% non-English speaking), teaching vocational is very different than
teaching academic in that all of the advanced students actually want to be
in the class, as do most of the 1a's. Some 1a's, however, are only there
because guidance had nowhere else to put them and they are just doing time.
Most of these do, eventually, join in the fun. After they see other kids
having a good time and making things they lose that "aloof, I don't give a
damn about school attitude" and start to work.

One thing I really want to do, if I can get some funding for start-up, is
start a "neander class." I would gear this to kids who have already had
some experience in the general woods class. I would like to get a variety
of different planes, but planes of good quality, along with dovetail saws,
etc., and work this in to the program. I think that would be pretty cool.

Glen

General Tommy Franks
"Cooniedog" wrote in message
...
Glen you are a rarity among teachers - one that still have the love of
teaching, but also the caring feelings for the students needs.

You didn't say if this was a public school or not, but I hope that it is.
If so, there is still hope for public education in this country.

Thank you for sharing this story.

John AKA Cooniedog

Glen wrote:
Let me tell you a bit about one of the girls whose work I posted (jewlery
box and night stand). She is a special ed. student with 3rd grade
reading ability and 2nd grade math. When she entered my class as a first
semester student last spring she had a very low self concept from years
of being the "class dummy." I require my students to read a section of
the text on any power tool before they can use the machine, then they
have to list the safety rules and sketch the machine labeling the main
parts. The reading was beyond her. I had a TA in the class who helped
her and read the material with her. She started slowly but began to
blossom. She still works slowly, but puts care into each step. Her
schedule this year, as a 2nd semester student wouldn't allow her to fit
in the 1b (second semester) class, but I worked it out with the guidance
office so she could enroll as a 1b in a 1a class (absolute beginners).
Here she was the expert. Other "normal" students came to her for advice.
This was what she needed! For the first ime in her academic life SHE was
the whiz kid. Having taught for 34 years, watching this youn lady grow
has been one of the highlights of my career.

Glen

"Gerald Ross" wrote in message
. ..
Glen wrote:
I thought I would post some shots of the work my HS students have done
this year. All are first year students (some 1st semester, some 2nd)


All very respectable work. Why didn't we have girls in MY shop class!

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

We secretly replaced the dilithium
with Folger's Crystals...

Hi Glen.
You may be able to get them donated if you do a bit of leg work and talk to
some of the tool outlets in your area. They may all say no but it's worth a
try. Let them know who it's for and take the pictures with you it should
help with your pitch.
Jim

"Glen" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your kind words.

I do teach in a public school, student population 3400. We are in
Southern
California, not very far from Los Angeles. While as a school we have all
of
the problems that other schools in our area suffer (gangs, drugs,
violence,
30% non-English speaking), teaching vocational is very different than
teaching academic in that all of the advanced students actually want to be
in the class, as do most of the 1a's. Some 1a's, however, are only there
because guidance had nowhere else to put them and they are just doing
time.
Most of these do, eventually, join in the fun. After they see other kids
having a good time and making things they lose that "aloof, I don't give a
damn about school attitude" and start to work.

One thing I really want to do, if I can get some funding for start-up, is
start a "neander class." I would gear this to kids who have already had
some experience in the general woods class. I would like to get a variety
of different planes, but planes of good quality, along with dovetail
saws,
etc., and work this in to the program. I think that would be pretty cool.

Glen

In article ,
"Glen" wrote:

One thing I really want to do, if I can get some funding for start-up, is
start a "neander class." I would gear this to kids who have already had
some experience in the general woods class. I would like to get a variety
of different planes, but planes of good quality, along with dovetail saws,
etc., and work this in to the program. I think that would be pretty cool.

Glen

If you are wanting to run a neander class, the old tools list would be a
good place to look for user tools. One suggestion would be to make some
of the tools - ie, see what sort of deal Rev. Ron will cut you for a
bulk deal on irons, and have kids make wooden planes.

http://people.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/archive/faq.html

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Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by

Glen wrote:
Let me tell you a bit about one of the girls whose work I posted (jewlery
box and night stand). She is a special ed. student with 3rd grade reading
ability and 2nd grade math. When she entered my class as a first semester
student last spring she had a very low self concept from years of being the
"class dummy." I require my students to read a section of the text on any
power tool before they can use the machine, then they have to list the
safety rules and sketch the machine labeling the main parts. The reading
was beyond her. I had a TA in the class who helped her and read the
material with her. She started slowly but began to blossom. She still
works slowly, but puts care into each step. Her schedule this year, as a
2nd semester student wouldn't allow her to fit in the 1b (second semester)
class, but I worked it out with the guidance office so she could enroll as a
1b in a 1a class (absolute beginners). Here she was the expert. Other
"normal" students came to her for advice. This was what she needed! For
the first ime in her academic life SHE was the whiz kid. Having taught for
34 years, watching this youn lady grow has been one of the highlights of my
career.

Glen


Great story. Thank you for sharing. As a parent of a learning disabled
student thank you for going the extra mile. My daughter had a similar
experience where she was put in a remedial computer class. Because she
is pretty savvy on the computer, other in the class have been asking for
her help in the class. The boost to her self esteem was priceless as in
the case of your student.

Thank you again for being a great teacher!

David Bridgeman