Andrew, you should be well acquainted with him by now, is our remaining offspring still living at home. He is a senior this year and is on target to graduate. Frankly he is doing well in school and gets great grades. Andrew was presented with a Student of the Month at New Market Vocational Skills Center, Culinary Program recently. Andrew wants to be a chef and he has his future training all planned out. Finish a two year degree at the SPSCC culinary program, then on to a program like Le Cordon Bleu, College of Culinary Arts in Seattle. Then spent time in Paris France to receive instruction in French cuisine and pastry, on to Rome to learn Italian cooking and then to Soul Korea to round out his international cooking flair by learning Korean BBQ. Between you and me I am convinced he is interested in becoming a chef because he likes food and likes to eat…not so much in preparing food. Well I digress.
Following the award ceremony at New Market students were
asked to take parents on a tour of their program center. Andrew did a good albeit brief explanation of
the different stations in the kitchen.
He was frustrated with my questions on using the various pieces of equipment
and if he used or not. I asked his
teacher Michelle Heistand if she thought Andrew could be a chef given his
obvious disability. She said well it
would need to be a right match. Well there
you have it – “find the right match”.
It was like she was parroting what I have told parents for the last
couple of decades. Duh of course it
would need to be the right match because with the right match people with
disabilities can and do make excellent, productive workers. Ms. Heistand said that Andrew is a very hard
worker and very willing to help other….hum another statement of truth about him
that I was well aware of.
A friend of ours envisions Andrew hosting his
own cooking show on the Food Network that he would be an inspiration to
others. Who knows it might be the right
match.
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