Teaching Tech

The other day at tech for the musical, I was reminded why I loved it so much. Not only do I get to enhance my building skills for the future and improve friendships, but I also get to teach incoming noobies. Some of them are freshmen who have never lifted a drill in their life while others are experienced but it's their first time helping. Well on this particular day I had the honor of working with this really great kid, Victoria. She's a freshman and she doesn't know the difference between a screw and a nail, she gets confused by the buttons on the drill (reverse or forward) and it took her 2 minutes to drill one screw. And even though right now she isn't skilled, I know for a fact that she can become skilled: because not once did she give up. Even when I taught her how to use a giant table saw, she didn't wimp out, she stayed strong and tried something new. What I'm trying to get at is that I feel good when I can teach someone something important to me and watch them improve. I think she felt good too because now she is nearly a pro. Activities like this also help me to improve my teaching abilities and, to some degree, my patience. I was very proud of her though and hope to meet many more kids like her.