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By DEBORAH FLINCHUM
Rappahannock News Special Writer
Scott Currie has returned to his industrial arts teaching position at Rappahannock County High School after spending a year in a teacher exchange program in England.
There were some notable similarities and differences between the schools and students, Mr. Currie said. He proceeded to explain.
“Some of the differences and similarities are very hard to explain. There are similar teaching techniques. I think I taught very “American.” I have a very relaxed atmosphere in my classes but at the same time the kids know the rules so that there’s not a lot of stepping out of line.
“The kids there are very polite. If they didn’t understand you they wouldn’t question you. So after about a month I found out that there were a lot of things they didn’t understand (the lingo I was using). When I first came in I said we’ll take roll now. Evidentally that’s a military term from the states that they didn’t use so I had to change to Twe’ll take the register’ or Tattendance.’ Just little things that were common mistakes.”
“I taught the same thing there as I do here. However, they’re in the midst of changing from very traditional woodworking, metalworking, and drawing to design in wood and metal working which involves more drawing than actual work. So the design end of it was new to me. It was the first year for all the kids to have so much technique in drawing, too.
“The students started the school in year one. Their age was eleven. That’s where I picked them up. They
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