::  -----Original Message-----
::  From: oldtools-bounces@r...
::  [mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...]On Behalf Of
::  don.bruey@t...
::  Sent: 12 November 2008 20:52
::  To: oldtools@r...
::  Subject: [OldTools] Shop
::
::  Wood shop was pretty fun too.  The instructor would occasionally
::  interrupt the class to repeat some of his favorite lines.  "Bob here
::  tells me that his piece broke," he would say loudly above the din,
::  "Well, Bob, your piece didn't break.  You broke it.  Your piece doesn't
::  break by itself.  You broke your piece."  "You broke your piece" was a
::  line some of us repeated on into high school.

I have to confess that during my 18 teaching years this was my favourite
line. A bit cruel perhaps, but profound in intent and provoked by a sense of
outrage at the complacency one found all too often.

I did look for short grain before exploding.

Jeff
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Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
http://www.amgron.clara.net

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