In between the Poly Playhouse and the soccer field is an opportunity that many students have not taken advantage of. As a matter of fact, many students do not even know of it.
This opportunity is the auto shop class taught by Mr. McColm. When inquiring sophomore Brandon Taylor about this auto shop class he said, “I didn’t even know we had an auto shop here.”
Around 2000, Mr. McColm started teaching the class and has had a lot of success in the class. He teaches all students, even individuals with special needs.
Many of the kids do not seem to have much interest in the class. However, the very few who take the class to the next level have a lot of potential in their future. In fact, one of his dyslexic students ended up being a successful engineer for Yamaha.
“The reason I came into teaching is to teach these kids how to do it,” says Mr. McColm. “This is a good opportunity. They can go to a community college, then training, then go to work at a dealership.”
For many of the students here at Long Beach Poly, they do not see the potential in this auto shop class. Most of them do not even know that auto shop exists.
If the students did know, there could possibly be a chance that they would take interest in the class and make something out of it. For many of these kids, turning a wrench can be turning their life around.
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