Training Program

Many young people do not know what they are capable of. All they know is that they do not fit in the academic world. This would help them discover themselves and give direction. This can be achieved in a non-competitive, hands-on learning environment.

The program would be an introduction of various blue-collar skills. Only with hands-on experience can a student discover what skill motivates him. Students would experience welding, machining, equipment operation and maintenance, and woodworking skills. They would build small 10-foot sailing dinghies and race them. Larger 24-foot flat bottom sailing schooners, for exploring bays and rivers, can be built by students at extremely low cost.

Re-invent 19^th century inventions

Steam engine - Transportation
Electricity - Light bulb
Communications - Telephone

Experience Skills

Auto engine, chassis, disassemble and reassemble
Welding, burning, brazing, blacksmith, using scrap yard steel make art forms
Machine shop tools
Wood shop tools. Build small sailing dinghies
Electrical, low voltage
Equipment operation, crane, forklift, back hoe
Hydraulics, pneumatics
Pluming
Job/work skills, attitudes
Employment
Exploring, adventure

Hobby projects

Construction and radio control models. Learning to read and follow directions.
Reinvent inventions. Duplicate Thomas Edison invention of the light bulb and other inventions.
There are projects available that teach academics while hiding the learning.
Selected projects that are of interest to students.

Useable construction projects

Tool chest
Lawn Chair
Small sailing dinghy
24-foot flat bottom schooner. Sail onto beaches and up shallow rivers. EXPLORING
60-foot light frame schooner. Blue water sailing.

Elements of team education - Team empowerment

Teens teaching teens
Bragging and socializing, conflict and debate
Self-education
Learn by doing, trial and error. Failure is a learning tool, not a punishment
Research and analyzing
Learning responsibility
Intuitive instincts

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