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[Bill Eh?]

I had a great group of kids this year. That was a major factor in my decision to take on this 'Hobby-happening' in my class. The following are selection of various finished models. Of my 23 students, 21 went home with a finished model. There were however different degrees of being finished. I hope all the kids took away something positive from this and will continue to dabble in model making now and possibly into the future. All of the models that I managed to photograph can be seen at:

http://s1213.photobu...ished Chargers/















Again, thanks for stopping by, I'm sure my kids would appreciate it!

Bill

[The70judgeman]

Wish I had a teacher like you growing up to put on something like this. Though he's gone now, I have to thank my dad for getting me into the hobby.

[Bill Eh?]

Thanks Andy.

[Austin T]

That's something I would have loved to do in the 5th grade,maybe a few yeas down the road we will have some members talking about their first model that was a 69 charger built in the 5th grade,and the wonderful teacher that helped them find this new and amazing hobby.

[BKcustoms]

I wish my school would've done that! They all did a great job it's nice to see more young people showing an interest in our hobby

Edited by BKcustoms, 06 July 2012 - 04:42 PM.

[Bill Eh?]

Thanks Austin, it would be nice if that happened.

[DanielG]

Great job, I am sure it will have created a lasting impression. A couple of the teachers here do the same thing with rockets and some of the kids are still interested over ten years later, some getting their kids into it.

[Grumpa]

What I great idea to build some feeling of self accomplishment into a group of young kids. I'm positive that they "love, Mr. Allen, and he's my favorite teacher". I'm also sure that those Chargers are proudly displayed in their rooms or on the fireplace mantel. Hopefully they will keep at it.

[hotrod59f100]

Good job . That's a grat thing you have done.

[Scuderia]

Those grade 5ers had better looking cars than my 69 i built when i was 16. And I'm not joking.

Good job and hats off to them!

[1930fordpickup]

This is above and beyond the call of duty ! What a great move on your part to help these kids learn and they did not even know that you were doing it . Keep up the good work,

[MAGNUM4342]

That's a good thing and the kids did a wonderfull job. I'll say what we're all thinking though. Those are NOT Charger Daytona's.

[Bill Eh?]

Daniel, I think any sort of hands on, building activity is a good thing.
Mark, your bias is the same as mine. I get more of a sense of accomplishment from something I make rather than just buy.
Thanks Shane.
No comparison between these and my first car models, some of which eventually received the firecracker treatment! LOL!
It is a rare moment when you can wrap a learning situation in a bundle of fun.
You're right there Kevin. I should have said that these builds were 'based-on' the Daytona kit. I took one look at the rear wing assembly, which had an abundance of flash and no locator pins, and thought no way this is going to work!
Teacher's shouldn't have favourite students, but one of the kids really took to this and was sincerely appreciative, so I gave him the Tamiya Spray-work to further encourage him.
Again, thanks for all the reads and responses. Maybe there are some fellow teachers reading this who might try a similar activity in the future.
Bill
P.S. I went to a LHS yesterday, and they told me that one of my students had been by last week to buy a model and some supplies. That's the kind of thing that encourages me!

[jeffs396]

This is a GREAT thing you're doing Bill!

Get those electronic devices outta kids hands and get them actually CREATING something tangible instead!

We really need our youth learning skills like these to keep craftsman in our future. Too much of our world today is just "service" oriented!

BRAVO!!!

[MAGNUM4342]

I do apologise Bill. It's a horrendous habit i've had since childhood to point out such things. Please understand I was not trying to diminish what you've done here at all. What you did for those kids goes way beyond the expense of 25 or so models plus supplies. You are an exceptional teacher to have done this for them and I hope in the future more teachers will follow your example.

[imatt88]

Great job Bill!! I salute you!

Cheers, Ian

[peter31a]

Great to see the photos, Bill. And the best news of all is that at least one student has gone to the lhs and purchased another to keep on going with this hobby. Bravo,sir all that work was worth it!

[W-Machine]

Introducing model building to kids like you did qualifies as a "good deed". Well done, I say.