[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] First VE experience

[Jan A. Maas]

Wonderful.  

Thanks.


73

Jan KB2LRX

Jan A. Maas
Cell - 347-920-0030

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian <iann8ik at gmail.com>
Sent: Apr 28, 2024 8:28 AM
To: Kenneth R. van Wyk <ken at vanwyk.org>
Cc: Alexandria Radio Club <alexandriaradioclub at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] First VE experience

Excellent!
73, Ian N8IK

On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 7:32 AM Kenneth R. van Wyk wrote:

> I had a great experience as a first-time volunteer examiner (VE)
> yesterday. I shared the following on the X, and thought I&rsquo;d share it here.
> Perhaps there are others considering volunteering a bit of time as a VE.
> IMHO, it&rsquo;s very much worth doing so.
>
>
> Glad I did that! I just proctored an amateur radio exam for a local club.
> I know, yawn, right? Well, the class had 17 students, and 5 of them were
> ladies.
>
> That, in and of itself, is pretty remarkable. It gets better.
>
> Two of the ladies were a mother/daughter pair. The daughter is 10 years
> old and she was sitting for her General exam (2nd tier of 3 in amateur
> radio), along with her mom.
>
> The mom passed just fine, but the daughter failed. She was very upset
> about it, but (like all students), we gave her a 2nd try with a different
> exam. I figured she'd say no, but she did not.
>
> AND SHE PASSED! I walked out of the scoring room with her completed exam.
> She was staring at me with doubt, and I carry off a pretty believable dour
> look... I walked up to her slowly. (Dramatic effect, dontchaknow.) I looked
> up at her and said, "I'm impressed," and gave her a high five. It was a
> special moment for her that I'm glad I was there to share.
>
> She floated out of the room with a well earned ear to ear grin. Well done,
> young lady. Rock on!
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken van Wyk
> Armata Scientia
>
>
>
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