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<DIV>Thank you Ivan,</DIV>
<DIV>I have read that thread with great interest and agree with all you said.
The problem I had was how the congress got intergected into the chat. I am
assuming this was aimed at the Woodcarving Congress not the USA one. We all know
what "assume" makes one be.</DIV>
<DIV>Steve</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:carve@whillock.com
href="mailto:carve@whillock.com">Ivan Whillock</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto:woodcarver@carverscompanion.com
href="mailto:woodcarver@carverscompanion.com">[Woodcarver]</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 02, 2009 6:49
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Woodcarver] Congress cuts/
yea right chat</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Steve,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>A question was asked about projects that a shop teacher
could use with 5th graders. My reply was to first decide which skills
the students needed to learn and then create projects that develop those
skills: sawing in a straight line, using a square, smoothing with a plane,
using a coping saw, etc. Additionally, the shop teacher has an
opportunity to integrate the other skills the students are learning into his
teaching: reading directions, measuring, math, 45 and 90 degree
angles, working in groups on a project, etc. I editorialized,
however, if there are more students than stations, it will be a
challenge. I climbed higher on my soapbox and expressed my admiration
for those teachers who, in spite of issues of overcrowding, dealing with the
diversity of students and their development, somehow make it
work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm personally not into blaming a single entity for our
problems, educational, political or otherwise. We're all in this
together. The guy in the mirror is as much to blame as anybody else. He
also deserves some credit, because, in spite of our problems--and we'll never
be without them, we're all doing a pretty good job of plugging away with what
we've got.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Now off the soapbox and back to making
chips.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=mailto:springer1424@msn.com href="mailto:springer1424@msn.com">STEVE
SPRINGER</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 01, 2009 10:15 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:woodcarver@carverscompanion.com
href="mailto:woodcarver@carverscompanion.com">[Woodcarver]</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Woodcarver] Congress cuts/ yea right
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<DIV>Merrille,</DIV>
<DIV>Please submitt all else that was included in your comments about
the Congress. My computer must be having an old age problem as I am
having right now. I must say your comment about the "Soo" got my attention.
Not knowing what you are baseing your comments on I must say that this is
the first bad thing I have herad about the Congress. Ivan Please repost so I
can understand where you are coming from. I have been a member (lurker) of
this group for many years and have not ever heard of something like
this.</DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Steve Springer</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto:woodcarver@carverscompanion.com
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got my attention</DIV>
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PM</DIV>
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Good idea Ivan! I wonder if Congress would consider it....
That unfortunately won't happen because they are sooo much more important
than teachers and
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