I had a dream in which I found myself teaching exam preparation related to the Electrical Code to several dozen electrician apprentices scheduled to take their licensing exam. After finishing up with a service calculation, I suggested to the class that we could either talk about ampacity or do twenty more Code search questions.
A hand shot up.
“I have an idea,” said one student.
“Let’s just stand up and clap.”
“That’s a great idea,” I replied,
with the kind of decisiveness reserved for dreams.
They leapt from their chairs and the
room erupted into applause.
Not polite clapping, but full-bodied,
joyful, unstoppable clapping.
Uplifting.
Rolling.
Swelling.
Unceasing.
I woke up smiling. The clapping fading
inside me.
Clapping is big medicine.
Far better than Code questions.
—Mitchell Hegman
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