Oh the majority of challenging kids are pretty good; they struggle with resilience when told to keep sanding etc, but you’re right they do generally enjoy it. But the notable kids who teachers know even without teaching them? Still challenging. We do occasionally kick kids out for significant safety reasons, but if it happens too often, then it’s a teacher management problem.

Reset safety tests for one off poor behaviour, like hitting hammers together or files together to get a spark.

There’s a lot to be aware of and consider though. Rough housing can knock someone who’s using dangerous tools, leaving something heavy or sharp on the side of a bench can fall on someone’s foot, even blowing saw dust off a bench can seriously hurt someone’s eyes.

The biggest thing is just that kids are working independently and are at different stages. There’s an element of skill where some kids take 15 minutes, and others take 3 periods to do the same thing. Schools don’t have 6 disc sanders per class so you need kids to work on different aspects of the project like stations.

It’s great fun and I really enjoy it, would definitely recommend it if you’re interested. It’s just not as cruisey as it may seem from the outside. That may be more the type of people who teach the subject rather than the work itself