Wednesday, April 29, 2009

attaining self sufficiency

skill training: removing stuck bottom brackets.

ken: "ok, then you turn the tool counter-clockwise."

youth: "here, hold the bike for me."

ken: "no. you need to learn to do it by yourself, without help. you aren't going to have a personal assistant every time you do this."

later:

ken: "the whole point of your internship is to help you become self sufficient and productive at your job, and your life. its ok to ask questions, but you aren't always gonna have someone looking over your shoulder to help you do every single task. there are certain basic things you gotta learn to be able to do yourself."

youth: "ok, cool. (while filling out timesheet) can you hand me a pen?

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