This article is a great example of what is going on with wood shops all over america. Small improvements in the wood shop make it a better and safer place.
When the new woodshop teacher at Ygnacio Valley High School in Concord was asked to share his woodshop for the summer, he was a bit nervous. He was new and the woodshop itself was a disaster. There was clutter all over, the walls hadn't been painted in 40 years, the equipment was barely functioning and the bench tops were dirty, full of holes and splinters. However, while he was skeptical, he agreed to trade the space for what he was told would be "some help in cleaning things up" from Mt. Diablo District Adult Education woodworking students, most of who are members of Diablo Woodworkers, a 250 member central Contra Costa County Woodworking club. The students were looking for a home while their Pleasant Hill Education Center woodshop was being refurbished.
What he got was a miracle.
Click on the link to read more about this great transformation
http://diablowoodworkers.tripod.com/yvhs-woodshop.html#
I think that was so nice of them to do something like that. There are people in this world that care about other's. They wouldn't benefit from it, but knowing the kids would benefit greatly, they did it from the bottom of their hearts and that's the best.
ReplyDeleteIt was nice of them to do this. Not a lot of people would do this out of their own time. We need more educators like these!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with the other two posts. It goes to show that this country is not full of people who only look out for themselves. To give back to a community, and kids more directly is one of the most rewarding things anyone of us can do. This nation has always been full of generous and giving citizens, and to see things like this happening gives a good feeling about where our country is heading. Bravo Diabloe Woodworkers!
ReplyDeleteWhen looking at such woodshops, one start thinking about the labor of thousands employees outside the US who work in dirty sweatshops to benefit the Western world. As a case in point, the ship breaking industry in Alang, India, faced a serious ethical dilemma. The reality of ship breaking industry is pretty severe: employees have to work in a dangerous environment because of the economic necessity. The wanted safety is not reachable; however, to ban a ship breaking activity in India means that thousands of workers will lose their jobs; many of them will starve and won’t be able to support their families. The dilemma stems from the ethical choice: it is hard to say whether it is more unethical and immoral to let people work in dangerous working conditions or leave thousands of them without a possibility to make a living.
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