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fandomhigh2018-05-25 06:04 am
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Construction 101; First Period, Friday [05/25].
Amaya would understand if the students might have been slightly less excited to discover shovels waiting for them next to their safety gear instead of the more exciting sledgehammers when they got to work site today, but at least they'd have a pretty good idea what they'd be doing today. She was excited about the shovels--probably too excited--but she didn't exactly expect them to be. That didn't prevent her from being far too chipper for early on a Friday on a construction site.
"Morning, builders!" she greeted them. "As you can see, all the debris from last week has long since been cleared, and I had someone take care of the old foundation of the building that was here so that we can put in a new one, because the foundation is a pretty important part of any building." And here she was having a small handful of kids putting in hers. Anyway! "You'll notice I've already got batter boards marking each corner of the building; that's our perimeter, and I've already marked the lines where we'll be digging our footings and how wide to make them; you'll be digging within those lines, making a trench. We're gonna dig about two feet deep, nice and flat lines and sides, we'll get it nice and compacted when we're done!
"So grab your gear, grab a shovel, and get digging! I've got water and coffee on the worktable, too, take a break when you need to and stay hydrated. Lemme know if there's questions or issues, but if you're ready, let's get to work!"
"Morning, builders!" she greeted them. "As you can see, all the debris from last week has long since been cleared, and I had someone take care of the old foundation of the building that was here so that we can put in a new one, because the foundation is a pretty important part of any building." And here she was having a small handful of kids putting in hers. Anyway! "You'll notice I've already got batter boards marking each corner of the building; that's our perimeter, and I've already marked the lines where we'll be digging our footings and how wide to make them; you'll be digging within those lines, making a trench. We're gonna dig about two feet deep, nice and flat lines and sides, we'll get it nice and compacted when we're done!
"So grab your gear, grab a shovel, and get digging! I've got water and coffee on the worktable, too, take a break when you need to and stay hydrated. Lemme know if there's questions or issues, but if you're ready, let's get to work!"