YoungZM

Bribery is just an unofficial Olympic event that no one wants to officially recognize or hand out medals for. Such a shame, they shill so hard for it!

That's just so sad and petty. Seems like so many athletes dedicate their lives to this and to be caught up in drama like that after what they go through via training, risk, and financial strain... yikes. All so that we can casually muse 'wow, that's incredible' and forget about a perfect moment that years of training brought us within an hour as 'an average viewer' as we move onto the next insane display of prowess.

Obviously not Nick, a woodworker, or even a teacher... just someone who wish I paid attention when my dad was constantly trying to impart just this knowledge.

Unless you're working these kids for saleable value (ten guesses you're not), the goal shouldn't be producing high-quality "products" but learning the excitement and possibility of the skills you're teaching. In effect, why are they there and what do they want from these skills. You can likely teach them how to build a near limitless amount of things -- the rub is communicating just how limitless those possibilities are. There's also the acceptance that my dad had to choke down at first: some people don't care or aren't in your class at the right moment of their life.

It might hurt to consider yourself a stepping stone but I'd actually argue that there's profound pride to be had as you're the most important step. You're teaching teens how to get excited. How to learn everything you can't teach them outside of your class. How to see the limitless creativity they hold as long as they're willing to put in the work and keep an open mind. You're likely not going to enrapture everyone who takes shop but you're directly sharing the space with students who do want these skills, take the skill and you seriously, and will carry these lessons forward. You could be tutoring the next Nick Offerman or mastercraftsman.

Sikhs =/= Muslims

Sikhs =/= Hindus

Sikhism is a religion unto its own.

Ontario.

Toronto has some solid attractions such as a rich theme park (Canada's Wonderland) and decent night life/food and music scene.

Niagara Falls also isn't too far away and features indoor water parks (Great Wolf Lodge) and a cheap mini-Vegas vibe with numerous casinos and tourist-style traps.

There are more, but these are probably my favourite and also laziest research pieces. Depending what you're into I may be able to offer (food) recommendations.