Hi Bobbie

Minor note, this is my next to last year. Actually two years to go, and
Bert, and me, wishes is was my last.

The class is totally sewing. The middle school is more of a survey Home Ec
class. At the High School there is Culinary 1 through 4, all separate
classes, Child Development, Tourism, Interior Design and Creative Clothing 1
through 3.

The back story is that the Voc Ed director waited too long after interviews
in May and when August came around, the person had gotten another job. Go
figure. So our social studies student teacher is teaching home ec. At
least he does have some cooking experience. More than the wrestling coach
teaching aviation and doesn't know how to fly. Same interview story.

The social studies teacher's sewing class was a joke this year. Lay sweat
pants down on fabric, cut around it, sew it together, and . . . Anyways, in
the politics of everything, to keep him in the building until his mentor
teacher he student taught under retires after this year so they can hire him
for the position, they made a deal with him to find somebody to teach
sewing. That's me. And fire the student government advisor, for no reason
given, so he can do that. Yes, that sound is me pounding my head against
the wall.

My terms to say yes are that the back part of the home ec room is mine and
all mine. The foos ball tables have to go, the screening door goes up to
partition off the room for my students during fifth hour and it's off-limits
to all of the cooking and other classes at all other times.

It could be a challenge. We'll see.

Steven
Alaska


"Bobbie Sews More" wrote in message
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Steven will your class be all sewing or a mix of home economics including
cooking, shopping. Sounds like a good sewing class! I know that most of
"my" sewing turns out to be mending, and I always clean the machine after
each use. My sewing is for SC summers and not the cooler Alaska temps so
your students will be sewing warmer items of clothing. In my sewing class
at University we had a notebook of samples of different
sewing---buttonholes, inner curves, outer curves, different seams, joining
pieces of cloth, and it was graded at the end of the class year-- like a
term paper-- to show we knew what we were doing. I hope you enjoy this
last year of teaching your students! You might even decide to teach one
more year.
Good luck with this! Barbara in already warm SC

"Steven Cook" wrote in message ...
Well, over the past 23 years I've taught all office subjects of the
modern era, i.e. not shorthand and the like though, and speech and social
studies and some math and yearbook and spanish 1. This year in year 24 I
will be teaching beginning sewing one hour a day. I'm excited and
terrified at the same time. Working on some projects this summer to see
how they work. I've quilted loads, basic other sewing, not so much.

I do know that several students have signed up for the class since I'm
teaching it rather than who taught it this last year. That is
interesting too. We'll see how it goes. Who knows what year 25, and the
last year, will hold.

Steven
Alaska


"Bobbie Sews More" wrote in message ...
I've been busy sewing summer play clothes for GD and teaching her sewing
at the same time. That means, at 12 yr. old the first part of July,
she has been helping me and learning at the same time. This week end we
will be making matching headbands, and maybe quilting material to make a
tote bag for gym clothes when school starts back in August and also a
quilted bag for her electronic things. We are both having fun! This
is On Topic since we will be quilting cloth for the bags! Also, we are
saving scraps to make a quilt for her bed. In the past few years I've
taught a few people to sew and to quilt. What fun!
Barbara in SC