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Reports:
Professor: tank on, seat on, carburetor ready to go, painting needs to get done, battery cover is fitted, break lines and clutch and oil lines need to get put on
Mark: helped with engine, tried to get the battery box fitted
Caitlin: looked for rear break lever Samone: with Professor Arnold– gear was broken, sliced and polished the gear, did several tests and looked at it through the electron microscope
Kate: refit coil, put together the wire for the spark plug
Mikhael: helped get engine on (needs to be tightened), helped fit battery box
Francesco: finishing touches on the frame
Max B: put in engine
Colby: sandblasted and cleaned engine bolts
Devin: same as Samone
MK, Sydney, Leslie: sandblasted and helped with engineJamie: cleaned fasteners
Mun: worked to fit headlamp on
Max S: worked on filing the bolts, tried to find brake levers (got front one attached)
Shop Class as Soulcraft Discussion: Chapter 7
Pg. 161: difference between knowing “that” and knowing “how;” difference between learning an equation (i.e. Ohm’s law) and going out and getting experience
Idea of sixth sense (firefighter’s example)Technical writers
Experience: gives you a different type of knowledge
What is more valued? Knowing what or knowing how?
Connection to Zen: knowing how to ask the right questions in deciphering the manuals as well as having confidence
Shop Class as Soulcraft Discussion: Chapter 8
About being truly immersed in what you’re doing: discussion about Olympic athletes and attacking task/ focusing on moment rather than the results
Having pride in your work and seeing what you built in use: pride and value in construction workers’ job
Experiment with giving kids rewards from drawing: how does one most effectively sharpen skills? Giving kids a reward for good drawings has a surprising result in that they are not motivated to work more as compared to the kids who do not get the reward
Not trying to idealize the life of a mechanic, but encourages reader to follow passion
Issue of full engagement: the right place to be is where you’re enjoying it most
Shop Class as Soulcraft Discussion: Concluding Remarks
Importance of failure: when you experience failure you learn more, teaches you how you work more on a deeper level
Individual agency: what you put into the world! How do you do your part to contribute to society?
Differing opinions of ending: makes you look more at how you can improve yourself and thus society, but then takes a sharp turn toward arguing against progressivism or is the whole point of this book to justify his life?