Living the Dream

This week I feel like I started to get into the flow of being a teacher. Even though I am not a full-time teacher, I believe that I can handle the business of the day. I am enjoying all the aspects of the job.

Highlights
I have found that I am not good at welding using oxy-acetylene. I did a demonstration this week and it was a flop. It was a good teaching moment though since I could tell my students that I am still learning, and I challenged them to weld better than me. Some of them have! Two of my students in Small Engines class finished putting their engine together and decided to blow it up to see what damage would be done. Once they took the engine apart, they found that the connecting rod had broke. This week was full of fun experiences!

Questions

• How do you motivate students that do not care about grades or anything about school?
• What strategies are out there to manage an agricultural mechanics lab?