03-17-2014, 03:41 PM
Yes Tom it was a problem as it is always you have the workers and the watchers, it's a shame to see the way some find ways of hiding from learning. I often wonder what they think now?
At the end the compensation for finishing the project, was for four of the lads to take the car to the B P build a car competition, Its a three day event, run by B P and the army school of engineering. the rules are simple. Build a car and tell us why you built it. and it will be tested as being suitable for that use.
I always let the lads vote for the team, and strangely it was always the ones I would have chosen to take.
In this case on the last day of the competition (open day for family etc)
the local BMW agent arrived and offered all four lads apprenticeships so it was all worth it.
The lamps Mayhem are another story.
As this class was very open and free flowing. I was asked if I could take a extra ( disadvantaged ) student each year. to help integrate them into learning, This particular young man was slow beyond belief but at the end of the year he had made the lamps, and boy was he proud to see them on the car, I wont tell you the amount of scrap he made in the process, but the end result was fine, I was proud of him.
The end result was that the judges asked if we would mind not being judged against the other entries and be given a special award for excellence in engineering.
The car appeared on the BP stand at the Birmingham motor show and at other BP events.
Brian.
At the end the compensation for finishing the project, was for four of the lads to take the car to the B P build a car competition, Its a three day event, run by B P and the army school of engineering. the rules are simple. Build a car and tell us why you built it. and it will be tested as being suitable for that use.
I always let the lads vote for the team, and strangely it was always the ones I would have chosen to take.
In this case on the last day of the competition (open day for family etc)
the local BMW agent arrived and offered all four lads apprenticeships so it was all worth it.
The lamps Mayhem are another story.
As this class was very open and free flowing. I was asked if I could take a extra ( disadvantaged ) student each year. to help integrate them into learning, This particular young man was slow beyond belief but at the end of the year he had made the lamps, and boy was he proud to see them on the car, I wont tell you the amount of scrap he made in the process, but the end result was fine, I was proud of him.
The end result was that the judges asked if we would mind not being judged against the other entries and be given a special award for excellence in engineering.
The car appeared on the BP stand at the Birmingham motor show and at other BP events.
Brian.
