Meet Owen, one of the boys currently enrolled in our Carpentry Training Program.
Owen got off to a rough start at the beginning of his training. At first it took a bit of prodding to get him out to the workshop every day. He received his fair share of George Lyle ear-flicks. On what was supposed to be the first day of his training I found him in the boys’ dormitory laying out on his bed in the early afternoon spread out, face down, out cold, asleep. What a lazy bum. This was a common theme for his first week of training.
Fortunately, the George Lyle Tough Love School of Discipline paid off and Owen’s attendance has improved. In fact, in November, it was near perfect. I think he only missed one afternoon for some school activity. He’s doing well and seems to be genuinely enjoying his work. He even seemed upset when I recently explained to him that this phase of his training would be ending at the end of the month of December.
Here he is at the beginning of his training working on a small bench, one of his initial, simple projects. Since this time he has made major contributions to the production of bed frames, tables and chairs.
We’ll be sure to keep on Owen so that he doesn’t relapse into his lazy ways...
Owen got off to a rough start at the beginning of his training. At first it took a bit of prodding to get him out to the workshop every day. He received his fair share of George Lyle ear-flicks. On what was supposed to be the first day of his training I found him in the boys’ dormitory laying out on his bed in the early afternoon spread out, face down, out cold, asleep. What a lazy bum. This was a common theme for his first week of training.
Fortunately, the George Lyle Tough Love School of Discipline paid off and Owen’s attendance has improved. In fact, in November, it was near perfect. I think he only missed one afternoon for some school activity. He’s doing well and seems to be genuinely enjoying his work. He even seemed upset when I recently explained to him that this phase of his training would be ending at the end of the month of December.
Here he is at the beginning of his training working on a small bench, one of his initial, simple projects. Since this time he has made major contributions to the production of bed frames, tables and chairs.
We’ll be sure to keep on Owen so that he doesn’t relapse into his lazy ways...
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