Shop Class; Tuesday, Fourth Period [01/09].

[special_rabbit]

"Hello, everyone," said Amaya, at the front of the shop classroom with a grin, clearly eager to get back to work in what was, outside of the weapons class training field in the danger shop, clearly her best teaching element, "and welcome to Shop Class! Now, I know most of you are already familiar with both me as a teacher and this class in general, but for those of you who don't, my name is Amaya Blackstone, and I'm the blacksmith here in this town. If you ever need any metal work done, be it weapons, cutlery, decor for your home or decor for you head, hair, body and face, then I'm your gal! But we're not here to talk about blacksmithing in this class! Not yet, anyway, we may eventually get around to it, but we'll be talking about building and making stuff and exploring how things work in a much broader scope here. And it's the first week, so we're going to keep it pretty simple today, before we start really digging into some of the more dedicated stuff, but that doesn't mean we don't have a lot of ground to cover!

"Today," she continued, "I'd like to hit three main points: introductions, so we all know who we'll be working with; safety rules and procedures, because safety first, especially since we're not working in the danger shop and only two of you were Muppets; and, finally, our first foray into getting our hands dirty, which will be a simple project that involves putting together not a birdhouse like one might expect, but rather, because this is Fandom, a squirrel house. The main difference is that there's a special little water bottle attachment you put in on the side where you can pour your rum, so when you really need to privacy, you can guarantee it with the squirrel going inside to drink it!"

With that, she clapped her hands together, and looked over the class. "Alright, then! Lots to cover, so let's get started with those introductions. Let's make it short and snappy so we have plenty of time to work, so let's hear your name, experience with building things or shop classes in general, and what you're looking forward to getting out of this class. Let's start with you."

Comments

Re: Class Activity: Squirrelhouses - Shop Class, 01/09.

[mustbeawitch]

Lydia wished she could just skip to the decorating part of this--she was good at decorating! She could trim a lovely bonnet!--but she was just going to get on with trying to put this thing together.

That was...definitely not how she was supposed to hold the hammer.

Re: Class Activity: Squirrelhouses - Shop Class, 01/09.

[professionalweirdo]

"You have that upside down," Gonzo offered. "Unless you're trying to nail that piece to your forehead? In which case, you're doing great!"

Re: Class Activity: Squirrelhouses - Shop Class, 01/09.

[mustbeawitch]

Oh. Oh, there were two felt people. Lydia had never swooned in her life but she found herself feeling a bit faint.

Well, at least this one spoke English? "I...thank you," she said as she adjusted the hammer (her grip on it was still extremely unfortunate), and then admitted, "I don't know what I'm doing." But that had been her general state of affairs since Saturday, so what else was new?

Re: Class Activity: Squirrelhouses - Shop Class, 01/09.

[professionalweirdo]

"That just means you're in the right place," Gonzo pointed out. "Everyone starts out not knowing what they're doing. You should have seen me the first time I held a pipe wrench. Or the first time I recited Shakespeare while hanging from my nose!"

He hadn't gotten a lot better at that second one, let's be real.