#202 - "Am I robbing students of a teachable moment?"

Ryan & Becca answer a listener questions related to all you studio techs out there. Aletha, one of our long time listeners and interview guests (episode #147), has a question related to deciding when to make teachable moments when confronting glazing issues from students when you're in charge of loading & unloading the kilns as the studio tech. We cover it from a range of scenarios on today's discussion: student age, format of the class, type of studio, teacher communication, etc. Enjoy!

Listener Questions
On this episode:
- So I am a hobbyist.  After 2-3 years of part-time slingin' clay, I am actually finding out that, hey, I can actually make money at this!  I have 2 stores that sell my things on consignment, and its starting to ramp up, especially with one shop begging for more. Ryan, you have talked before in the show about having a DBA, so my question is, is that something I should do also? Ryan Rehm, Little King Pottery
- I've been doing some kiln tech work (loading kilns and firing things for other people, mostly students. NOT teaching) and I'm really enjoying it. Sometimes there are some glaze issues like an obvious spot where it will touch the shelf that I just sponge off before loading. I can't catch everything with hundreds of pieces to fire and my heart sinks over the ones I miss, or the ones that act unpredictably, but here's the question - am I robbing someone of a teachable moment with the minor fixes? At what point do you just fix it and keep things moving, versus put it aside? @aleathabean

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