The Shop Teacher’s Sunday Afternoon Class for Parents and Students

By James Hankin

THE SHOP TEACHER’S SUNDAY AFTERNOON CLASS FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS. Lesson seven (7). Good parents are perpetual teachers. A wise man said, “Truth crushed to earth will rise again.” On July 4, 1950, Radio Free Europe started broadcasting in fifteen (15) languages to bring truth to the oppressed. Today because of the lies about the so-called “critical race theory.”, our school children are taught “false” history, and thousands of books are banned/ burned. My “e-mail-free USA” is a small step in helping the truth “rise” from the ashes. Today we uncover seven truncated lessons in less than fifteen (15) minutes

(1.) PRICELESS ADVICE FROM GRANDMAMA Humphrey. Suppose you are working in a team of five people. Watch what each team member is doing and learn their job, especially the team leader. Be the first to help a fellow team member so you can gain that skill. Your goal should be to do something other than work there for life but to start your own business in the next few years.

(2.) WORD FOR TODAY: An entrepreneur is a person who puts their money up to create a business and works long hours to make it successful. Christians call it “stepping out on faith.” If you must borrow money/capital to get started, it is better to borrow from someone you know and trust. After the loan review committee examines your well-prepared business plan, a bank may turn you down. They may borrow/ “steal” your vision and share it with their friends or relatives to start that million-dollar business. Card players call that “peeping your hold card.” Three synonyms are peddler, vendor, and distributor.

(3.) QUOTE: Arthur Ashe said, “One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation” (4.) SCRIPTURE (paraphrased) II Timothy 1:7 NIV “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid but gives us power, love, and self-discipline. Fear is the enemy of the entrepreneur. (5.) AFRICAN PROVERB: “A man cannot sit down alone to plan for prosperity”

(6.) THE STONE THE BUILDER REJECTED was Madam C.J. Walker, an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, political and social activist. She was the first female self-made millionaire in America. Walker made her fortune by developing and marketing a select cosmetics line and hair care for black women. God put her on this earth on December 23, 1867, and called her home on May 25, 1919. She is now a cornerstone.

(7.) SALUTE to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). They accept us with open arms saying come as you are. We will educate, teach relevant hands-on skills and guide you in the right direction. Now that we are successful, it is time to send monthly or yearly donations to the “great” institutions that guided us through our metamorphosis. OUR OUTSTANDING HBCU TODAY IS Tuskegee University, located In Tuskegee, Alabama

Today’s teacher is an author, raconteur, Army veteran, past local NAACP president, North Carolina A&T State University alums, and retired 34-year shop teacher, James Jerome Hankins.