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shop ask her boyfriend if he would
help her build a stud wall at a Habitat for Humanity construction site
the next weekend. He looked at her
quizzically and asked, "Studs are
nails, right?"
I didn't know whether to laugh
or cry. They must not teach shop
anymore. That would be a shame because I think shop has the potential to
teach students nearly all they need to
know to be a success in life. It starts
with the requirement that all students
have some mastery of math, geometry and physics. A little environmental
science wouldn't hurt either.
Shop teaches students to plan
ahead (measure twice, cut once),
compromise when necessary (make
it smaller if you can't afford larger),
conserve resources (you may need
them for the next project) and, above
all, learn the meaning of common
sense. Don't touch anything that is already smoking (it may leave a scar),
or anything that spins at 3,000 rpms
(fingers are always needed for other
projects). And you're not finished until you put away your tools, clean up
and are ready for a future project. Actually, that's what the term "squared
away" means in any profession.
If schools don't teach shop anymore, how is our country going to
survive? Where is Mr. Thomas when
we need him most?
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represents Georgia's
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Georgia Transmission
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providing electricity
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residents and businesses
in Georgia.
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Georgia, Wood was
executive director of the
Association of Louisiana
Electric Cooperatives
. Today, he has become
one
of Georgia's most fervent
promoters through
his
service to the Georgia
Department of Economic
Development, Georgia
Chamber of Commerce,
4-H Foundation, FDR
Warm Springs Memorial
Advisory Committee
and KidsPeace. In 2004,
Georgia Gov. Sonny
Perdue tapped Wood
to
serve as co-chairman
of the Governor's Conference on Tourism, and,
in 2007,
Wood to chair the Commission Perdue also asked
for a New Georgia Service Delivery
Taskforce. Not long
after
Gov. Nathan Deal was
inaugurated in 2011,
he
appointed Wood to
serve on his newly formed
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By Paul Wood
January 2014
D
o students take shop class anymore?
When I was an eighth-grader,
shop was required for all the boys;
the girls took something called
home ec. I never learned what they
were doing in there.
On the first day of class, our instructor, Mr. Thomas, cautioned the
boys to pay close attention to everything he said or they would end
up like him. He walked over to the
radial arm saw and, with a dramatic
wave of his left hand, held it up to
show that his index finger ended at
the first joint. The class gasped, then
erupted into laughter when he proceeded to unfold his finger to show
that all of it was still there. From that
day forward, he had me hooked.
And he taught us a lot. As a result,
there is hardly anything around the
house I can't make or fix.
We boys did more than build
simple coatracks and bookends.
Most graduated from those simple
projects in the first few weeks, and
by Christmas, we were into real furniture. I chose to build a nightstand
for my bedroom at home. The top
would hold my radio and alarm
clock. The middle shelf was tall
enough for a dozen books placed
on end. The bottom shelf was reserved for magazines, stacked flat.
That little nightstand served me
well through high school, college
and even early married years. I finally gave it to my son, who used it
for many more years before retiring
it to the attic when the nightstand
became unstable and resisted further repair.
I thought about that eighthgrade project the other day when I
overheard a young lady in a coffee
It's
My
View
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hen Paul Wood writes
ab
in his monthly "Viewpoi
GEORGIA Magazine,
h
reflections are often
laced with
lessons he learned while
grow
town of Natchitoches
, La.
One has only to read
a co
gain an appreciation
for a life
faith and education.
Small towns in the
1950s h
The character of the
town's you
shaped by adults who
accepted
in life, putting every
child on a
and successful citizenship.
It wa
"Remember who you
are" was
small-town mother,
a cautionary
on your best behavior
when you
door to meet the world.
A teenag
that anyone in the community
co
report."
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'Studs are nails, right?'
A collection of readers
' favorite 'Viewpoint'
columns from GEOR
GIA Magazine
By Paul Wood
President/CEO, Georgia
Electric
Membership Corp.
In Wood's column,
"Good v
remember growing
up when rock
born, perhaps with
parents who d
understand it. In "My
mother say
raise," you'll discover
Paul's purp
humor. In "The parade
of our tim
it all about," he waxes
philosophi
meaning of life. In "Good
friends
times," you'll think
of someone wh
when the going was
rough. He also
advice for graduates
looking for a
celebrating the Fourth
of July and
a more meaningful
Christmas for t
There is also considerable
commen
officials could make
government wo
levels. Hardly any subject
escapes th
opinion of Paul Wood.
This collection of readers'
favo
is more than a nostalgic
look at the
reminder that many
of those
learned are just as applicable early le
today a
in mid-20th-century
America. Wood
every person possesses
a unique gift
discovered and cultivated,
has the ca
change the world. At
the very least, th
is apt to find Wood's
insights a helpfu
for understanding the
problems that v
complicated world
in early 21st-centu
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Georgia Magazine - January 2014
Contents
Viewpoint
Mailbox
Liberty Notes
Picture This?
Georgia News
Calendar of Events
Currents
Georgia’s Energy Outlook
Crossing the Line
Meet the Long Family
The Washington Youth Tour
Tips for College Freshmen
Around Georgia
Georgia Gardens
Georgia Cooks
My Georgia
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