mr. smith,shop teacher at fort defiance high school in 1972. in shop class the first 6 weeks was drafting . he gave us a book with 6 weeks worth of learning to draw blueprints. it was like kids play to me. finished the whole book in a week or so and gave it to him. that day after class he came to me and said that he was going to start me in the shop making projects the next day. i made all kind of stuff for him from wood and metal. he was the only teacher i had in school that acted like he really cared . until then i was just a kid that could care less about school. i often wonder where i'd be today without him . we became great friends and i visited him at school after i had graduated in 1976. mr smith was also one of the few black friends i had back then. he was a great teacher and a good man.
