ABOUT ME
Name, Pronouns: Sasha, they/she
Age: Exact age undisclosed, high school junior.
Interests: Obscure music, 90s/Y2K aesthetics, old cars, Lithuanian culture, Japanese horror, and engines.
Fav School Subject: Japanese.
Least Fav School Subject: Pre-Calc.
Fav Bands & Singers: Casino , Grateful Dead, Kastaneda, Silvija. [Member of the band Casino]
Fav Films & Shows: Juon: The Grudge [2002], Ringu [1998], House MD, Sailor Moon [original series].
MY STORY
First of all, what on earth is Power Mechanics, exactly? To put it short, Power Mechanics [as a course] is the study of things that generate and utilise energy. An example of such includes engines. I can't speak for all schools who have this course. However, at my school, depending on what grade you are in, a typical Power Mechanics course involves either building a small robot or taking apart/reassembling engines.
I started to get into Power Mechanics at the tail end of sophomore year. I finished my maths final a bit early, and without anything else to do I visited the mechanics classroom. Now, my maths teacher only allowed us to leave the classroom if we completed the exam early.
Before this, I haven't ever stepped foot in this particular classroom. I knew the Power Mechanics teacher quite a bit, as he taught me a different subject the previous year, and initially I only wanted to ask him tips on how to start a vinyl collection. However, I was mesmerised by the whole atmosphere of the classroom, and wanted to take the class when I got back from summer holidays.
Unfortunately, since I was going to be a junior next year, I couldn't necessarily sign up for it anymore (My school only offers Power Mechanics for grades 9 and 10.) That is one of my regrets now. However, my counsellor did suggest I take an automotive course instead, as it is pretty much adjacent to mechanics as a whole. Although I at first doubted it, I have already put it on my course selection for my senior year and hope to take it next year.
For the time being, I regularly visit the Power Mechanics classroom to talk to people I know in that class, and to take a small look at the textbooks there in order to take in information that I may find useful.
The reason I want to teach this subject honestly came from admiring the teacher. But I then somehow realised something else, leading to another reason I aspire to do so. Although teaching is a female-dominated career, those who specialise in technology education are predominantly male. The trades in general (i.e. welding, woodworking, automotive) have always lacked female representation and I pretty much want to be the very few in this field.
ABOUT THE SITE
Note: I use the term "shop teacher", as it is a general term for people who teach trades in a workshop.
The website was created to share my passion for Power Mechanics with my friends, as well as a possible showcase for my future endeavours in the trades. It is also where I will store the resources I make. In the future, I will return and revise them, if I actually end up becoming a shop teacher. If this is the case, the website may also get a slight overhaul and become a site with free educational resources other shop teachers can use in their classrooms.
Who knows what the future brings anyhow?
For now, it will serve as a sort of page with random high schooler shenanigans.