Working for the community

Real means a lot to kids.  OK, they get the part where they need to learn and projects are created to that end.  But Station Maine needs a new trailer, and the Metal Fabrication students at the Mid Coast School of Technology are putting out work, real work, with a level of skill and maturity that matches the highest level shops on the coast.

I have always known that the students at MCST are held to high standards.  But I believe their smiles, and the smiles of their instructor, reflect the community nature of this particular project.  Their task is to build a trailer that will be used for years to come taking Station Maine's boats, and the kids of this community, on adventures.  These welding students will be able to look at this trailer for years to come and know that they were a part of it.  They will probably be able to point it out to their children, when they have children, and tell the story of building her.

A community that functions well can have projects where everyone wins.  The welding students have a real world project.  Station Maine has the best trailer that can be made.  The community is made stronger because experiential education is real on the coast of Maine.