Leo Frisk came by to visit this week

[jinman]

Harvey, I don't know squat about metal working, but I do know a considerable amount about technical training/skills training. I think you'd be great at being a teacher. As much as you are a showman, you also get people involved. You are also a natural artist who creates things that make people dream of having your vision and skill.

My one suggestion shouldn't take a long time to do. Before you start the teaching, it could pay you great dividends to plan out your curriculum and discuss it with a training professional. Just simple things like expectations of what your students will be when they arrive and what you want them to be able to do when they finish are very important. You might find someone at the school to help you with this.

You have all the skill and charisma to make this a great program where students will line up to take your classes.:thumbsup:

 

[quarttoolow]

I wouldn't worry about the degree thing, your'e in good company including George Washington.

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[EddieWalker]

I agree with what everyone else has already said, and agree that you will make an awesome teacher. Neither of my parents have High School diplomas, but my dad did get his BS before retiring from Ma Bell. Dad made it to the tenth grade and Mom made it to the ninth grade. Both are from Northern Saskatchawan and it was very common to drop out fo school to work the farm of get a job.

For me, I think that I learned more from my shop teachers then all the other teachers that I had combined. I can do math, spell halfway decently and understand a bit of history, but what I did retain is how to build things and draw up plans. The structure in my woodshop and metal shop classes are the foundation that I use today in running my business and making a living. While those projects don't compare to what I do today, knowing how to do it right and planning them out has proven to be of emense value to me.

It's not just making stuff, or putting things together that is important, it's understanding what it takes to do it, planning it out and knowing why one piece is attached to another. Figureing out materials lists and estimating what those materials will cost and how long it will take to make it. I didn't even know I was doing this in High School, but went right back to those basics when i started working for myself and had to write up bids for jobs that I wanted to do.

Good luck and congratulations on a new chapter in your life!!!

Eddie

 

[FallbrookFarmer]

Yeah, I know. Leo died four years ago a little earlier this month.

At his funeral I pointed out that what Leo did best was he believed in people. Person after person stood up and testified that they were better at something or another because Leo believed in them.

One of the things that Leo pushed on me from the middle of 2002 was he believed I should be a teacher. He constantly told me that I should teach how to make things, that I would be good at it. He told me again and again that I should teach because it was important.

I passed a criminal background check and the local high school wants me to teach some evening classes on metal fabrication my way. Next year they would like me to entertain the idea of teaching night classes and getting paid for it too.

I thought that since I don't have and aren't especially wanting a high school diploma that I could never work as a teacher. Leo worked his way up from helping out with body shop classes to becoming a dean at San Diego Junior College. But that was then and this is now where you need a degree to get a degree.

So as I sat there and read the email from the school I had to think of Leo and smile.

I,m going to have to agree with Leo.
Having read some of your posts, I think you have a talent for explaining and illustrating that would make you a exemplary teacher.
So if they are offering you a job--- Go for it!
So are you going to change your i.d to Wroughn Teacher?

 

[txdon]

Harvey, would it be possible to also take the class online? All we need is a tool and materials list and your instructions with pics. It's always easy to justify new tools when you need them for school! :thumbsup:

 

[firefighter jim]

Just curious, why would you not want a high school diploma?

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Just curious, why would you not want a high school diploma?

That's just me being a butt I guess. No one's a bigger fan of education than I am.

I don't have a high school diploma. But the truth be known I've got quite a bit of college under my belt. I drained the VA vat dry when it came to education credits. I never went after the degree, just the information.

I do not like the way our education system is set up because it's all about getting certificates and face it, getting a certificate only proves you're good at getting certificates.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Harvey, would it be possible to also take the class online? All we need is a tool and materials list and your instructions with pics. It's always easy to justify new tools when you need them for school! :thumbsup:

Don, if there's anyone on TBN that knows what I know as good as I know it you would be the man. I can't believe you would want to put yourself through more of it.

It looks like we're going to have a couple of night classes this month. They're wanting me to invoice them for two classes so I guess they're serious about having me come in. I am going to take Jim's advice and get with the instructor and come up with a curriculum that he is comfortable with.

I will confess that the fun I had with the TBN'rs with the bridge project at your place has marked me. I would give anything to duplicate the experience.

 

[Bird]

But the truth be known I've got quite a bit of college under my belt. I drained the VA vat dry when it came to education credits. I never went after the degree, just the information.

Sounds a little bit like my history. I went for 18 semester hours in one semester after high school graduation, but then didn't go back to college until I was 26 years old, and I wasn't even thinking about a degree; just took a couple of law courses that interested me. One thing led to another and of course sometimes it was difficult to find classes to fit my rotating work schedule. First thing you know, I'd gotten over 120 semester hours which would normally be about enough for a BS degree, and the City paid more for a bachelor's degree, so I talked to the counselor about what was needed for a degree; 3 more English classes, one more science class, one more math class, an American history class, etc. So I was 35 years old and had 154 semester hours when I graduated with a BS degree. I later got another 6 semester hours of undergraduate credit and 6 hours of graduate credit with no intention of going for any more degrees.

 

[txdon]

I will confess that the fun I had with the TBN'rs with the bridge project at your place has marked me. I would give anything to duplicate the experience.

I was just walking over the bridge this evening and thinking how I was going to finish it off.........

So, what are you going to be making or teaching in the evening class?