Eleven years ago, I made a glittery
gold star and attached it to a stand. I
was teaching full-time at the Montana Joint Apprenticeship Training facility
then. The star was a half-gag, half-honest
roving award I presented to apprentice electricians. I might place the star on the table in front
of an apprentice who aced a test, presented a brilliant insight, or simply got
embarrassed when I gave it to them.
Though I left the apprenticeship training
program six years ago, the gold star yet survives.
Yesterday, while on a visit to the
facility, I found Dee working at her desk a full five minutes before her
scheduled starting time. Dee is the bookkeeper/administrative
assistant/keeps-everything-in-liner at the training facility.
“Good for you!” I enthused after finding
Dee at her desk. “You should be
rewarded.”
“Maybe a raise,” she suggested.
“I’ve got something for you.”
I trotted off and soon returned with
the gold star. I placed the star on her desk.
Before I left the training facility
yesterday, Dee (ever a good sport) allowed me to take a photograph of her
holding the gold star.
Job well done, Dee!
--Mitchell Hegman
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