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fandomhigh2018-08-27 07:56 am
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Shop Class; Monday, First Period [08/27].
Was Amaya just a little more than pleased that there was a whole room in the school dedicated to machines and making stuff? You bet she was! If she'd have ever imagined she'd actually want to teach things, she might have been a little upset about not utilizing it earlier, but now felt like just the right time to start in on it, and she was eager to welcome her new batch of students for the new class.
"'Morning, everyone!" she said, nodding when it was about that time and everyone seemed there. "And welcome to Shop Class! Here, we're going to be making stuff, usually wood or metal stuff, and that's usually going to involve some heavy-duty and dangerous machines, so one thing I want to make crystal clear is that safety is always going to come first. Now, whoever's in charge of making these schedules thought it was a good idea to have sleepy teenagers working on heavy machines first thing in the morning on a Monday, so you better believe, I'm always gonna have a thing of coffee and a thing of tea available for you if you need it. Last thing we want is anyone losing fingers..."
In that slight pause there, she grinned faintly. "But if anyone does, well, then we got ourselves a substitute finger making project on our hands."
No, Amaya. No puns about mutilating students, please.
"Anyway, this here's the first class on the first week of a new semester, so we're not going to get into too much today, anyway. Gonna make you work up to the good stuff. Today, as some of you can guess, we'll be doing introductions, but we're gonna be doing 'em shop class style, with these," she gestured to the table beside here, where boxes of long metal sticks sat around a collection of hammers and a variety of small metal discs and squares. "Metal stamps! Now, I'm a blacksmith by trade, when I'm not teaching, and these are very common with any sort of metal work as a way to brand our pieces so people know when they're getting a bonafide Blackstone piece. It's also popular with jewelry, it's used to mark metal tags, and all sorts of other stuff. Today, we're going to be using them to introduce ourselves.
"Pick out a base and take a second to think about what you might want to stamp onto your tag. It can be your name, a nickname, something important to you, whatever you think might be a good way to ease into an introduction, then pick out the stamps you'll need. Grab a stamping block," and Amaya did just that, holding it up to show the class before she demonstrated as she talked, "tape your piece down on your tag to help you keep it all aligned. Now, this next part's important: start in the middle and work outward, so you'll have to do a little planning, but that'll help it be nice and centered and even. Unless you want it otherwise, I suppose. Start with your middle letter, place the stamp straight and firm on the piece, and then give it three firm hits," smack, smack, smack!, "on the top. And there you go!" She held up the block and brougth it close so they could see the firmly stamped A, then returned to the table. "Then just go from there," and she went through the other letters, place the stamp, grab the hammer, smack, smack, smack! Until she finished up, peeled off the tape, and then sent the small disc with "AMAYA" neatly printed on it around.
"And there you have it, that's my name, Amaya. I'd have probably preferred to put BLACK STONE on there, BLACK on top, STONE on the bottom, but that might've wound up taking half the class! So I'll let you get to it! If you have any questions, go on and ask me, and about twenty minutes to the end of class, we'll stop and take a second to show off what you made by way of introducing yourselves. And if it you finish your first piece well before the time, feel free to make one or two more of your choice.
"Alright, then!" Amaya grinned, lifting up one hand and pounding her fist into it. "Let's get to it!"
"'Morning, everyone!" she said, nodding when it was about that time and everyone seemed there. "And welcome to Shop Class! Here, we're going to be making stuff, usually wood or metal stuff, and that's usually going to involve some heavy-duty and dangerous machines, so one thing I want to make crystal clear is that safety is always going to come first. Now, whoever's in charge of making these schedules thought it was a good idea to have sleepy teenagers working on heavy machines first thing in the morning on a Monday, so you better believe, I'm always gonna have a thing of coffee and a thing of tea available for you if you need it. Last thing we want is anyone losing fingers..."
In that slight pause there, she grinned faintly. "But if anyone does, well, then we got ourselves a substitute finger making project on our hands."
No, Amaya. No puns about mutilating students, please.
"Anyway, this here's the first class on the first week of a new semester, so we're not going to get into too much today, anyway. Gonna make you work up to the good stuff. Today, as some of you can guess, we'll be doing introductions, but we're gonna be doing 'em shop class style, with these," she gestured to the table beside here, where boxes of long metal sticks sat around a collection of hammers and a variety of small metal discs and squares. "Metal stamps! Now, I'm a blacksmith by trade, when I'm not teaching, and these are very common with any sort of metal work as a way to brand our pieces so people know when they're getting a bonafide Blackstone piece. It's also popular with jewelry, it's used to mark metal tags, and all sorts of other stuff. Today, we're going to be using them to introduce ourselves.
"Pick out a base and take a second to think about what you might want to stamp onto your tag. It can be your name, a nickname, something important to you, whatever you think might be a good way to ease into an introduction, then pick out the stamps you'll need. Grab a stamping block," and Amaya did just that, holding it up to show the class before she demonstrated as she talked, "tape your piece down on your tag to help you keep it all aligned. Now, this next part's important: start in the middle and work outward, so you'll have to do a little planning, but that'll help it be nice and centered and even. Unless you want it otherwise, I suppose. Start with your middle letter, place the stamp straight and firm on the piece, and then give it three firm hits," smack, smack, smack!, "on the top. And there you go!" She held up the block and brougth it close so they could see the firmly stamped A, then returned to the table. "Then just go from there," and she went through the other letters, place the stamp, grab the hammer, smack, smack, smack! Until she finished up, peeled off the tape, and then sent the small disc with "AMAYA" neatly printed on it around.
"And there you have it, that's my name, Amaya. I'd have probably preferred to put BLACK STONE on there, BLACK on top, STONE on the bottom, but that might've wound up taking half the class! So I'll let you get to it! If you have any questions, go on and ask me, and about twenty minutes to the end of class, we'll stop and take a second to show off what you made by way of introducing yourselves. And if it you finish your first piece well before the time, feel free to make one or two more of your choice.
"Alright, then!" Amaya grinned, lifting up one hand and pounding her fist into it. "Let's get to it!"