Good onya boy!

**FROSTY:Me** · 12th December 2009, 14:39

Originally Posted by Swoop

Quite true. The amount of focus that goes onto kids being forced down the "academic pathway" is horrifying. A lot of young kids (boys AND girls) really leap forward in a practical environment. There are serious dollars to be earned with their hands and the opportunities keep growing!

Onya, Frosty!

There is though the need to know the three R's in my opinion.
I'll give key his due on that one--refocus on basic schooling

**p.dath** · 12th December 2009, 15:08

That is really impresssive Frosty!

Engineerng at high school is going to be a very simple class for your child! They'll be able to get an 'A' in it for sure!

**Genie** · 12th December 2009, 16:42

how about onya dad.....you really rock...the world needs more dads like you who get their kids motivated

**boomer** · 12th December 2009, 16:54

nice work frosty, maybe with the sale of that bike u can afford to pay me the 20 u owe me

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

..Strong negative feelings are almost the only lasting impetus to change

AS for this little Gem... how far back does the black hole go, for you to pull this **** out..??!

**sunhuntin** · 12th December 2009, 17:03

how long did it take for him to get it put together?

im damn impressed he was able to do that at 13... most kids would look at the pile of bits and declare it too hard. well done to you both!

swoop, i get what you mean about kids needing practical skills as well. im one that learns better by doing rather then reading.

**Fatt Max** · 12th December 2009, 17:06

That is a fecking awesome effort....top marke from the Fatt family...

**Ratti** · 12th December 2009, 19:27

Hey Frosty. Its Milo here....remember me back in the Darby St days? You can pm me if you like would love to catch up...you're never gonna believe what I been up to the last 19 years or so....

**FROSTY:Me** · 12th December 2009, 21:04

Originally Posted by Ratti

Hey Frosty. Its Milo here....remember me back in the Darby St days? You can pm me if you like would love to catch up...you're never gonna believe what I been up to the last 19 years or so....

milo me ol darlin

hell yea --last time I saw you was the tail end of ya lil mbus

**XxKiTtiExX** · 12th December 2009, 22:22

Originally Posted by Bender

I met a lot of young guys who, if you put a pen in their hands, didn't know what to do with it. Give them a lump of metal and a lathe and magic would ensue.

My dad was like that. Could only read to himself at a very very slow pace. Couldn't write properly, and would put random capital letters in the middle of some of the words he had written.
Yet if you handed him a hunk of metal or a piece of machinary he was very smart.

Some people are gifted when it comes to textbooks, and some are just as smart when it comes to anything hands on.

Good on him!

**Tink** · 12th December 2009, 22:47

I love posts like this... new to the teaching industry... I work with kids that are far from academic and some that blow me out of the water...and some of the posts on here.. well they reflect that not all kids are cut out for paper work.. part of my goal in life now is to find a childs abillities.. be it in or out of the classroom.. as both depict education... in one form or the other...

**hayd3n** · 13th December 2009, 00:58

great effort to your boy ,he will find a suitable future in this world,
I am not one to write or type much at all.
But i managed to get school c and i am finishing my apprenticeship as a plastics technician next year,
Its great that a lot of my assessments are hands on practicals .
english whats that for?
drawing/graphics/maths are my best subjects

**LBD** · 13th December 2009, 01:21

I sympathize...sthmpa...cimpath.....feel sorry for the lad....he has the......Knack!

As I have mentioned in another post, he will will grow up with women wanting him for all the wrong reasons....not for his looks, personality or charm, but because he will be a reliable, dependable, employable provider who can also fix the dish washer.....

But...well done Dad

**FROSTY:Me** · 13th December 2009, 19:41

Well things diddn't go exactly as planned--- but it was really funny.
The new owner came in his van. Inside the van it looked like cheech n chong had had a major session --with smoke billowing out.
In the back of his van was the lil quad idling away happily. as it aparently had been doing for the entire 8km trip to me.
The lad did a really good job and the quad runs fantastic. The only trouble is he forgot to tighten ONE tiny little seemingly unimportant bolt.
Its a 6mm bolt at the back of the coil.
Unfortunately its the bolt that the kill button uses as an earth.
a quick rag over air intake killed the quad
Fixed in 5 minutes
I suspect the ride home was less smokey

**FROSTY:Me** · 16th December 2009, 22:01

serious question here folks.would abnyone be able to offer this lad work experience in a real workshop. Even half a day a week.
His work in the workshop this week has been
1)change rear wheel bearings in DS80
2)swapout rear bearings in LT50 and change sprocket and chain.
3) strip out carb in 150 trail bike and clean out then refit.
4) strip/paint and rebuild LT80
5) various other small mechanical jobs.