[TheForge] Interpretation

[Demon Buddha]

VenezianoJ@aol.com wrote:

> To use the educational jargon, push them down the cone of learning...ask them
> questions designed to get them to think, encourage them to ask questions of
> you.  I'm very leery of hands-on, but if you're comfortable letting them do
> something, go for it.

	This you must be very careful with.  Our litigious culture is 
	of such a nature that if little Johnny were to get a hang nail
	from something they did at your forge (or didn't do for that
	matter) you could be set up for major troubles.  I hate having
	to think like this, but this is the world we live in.  It sucks
	but that's the way it can be.  Unfortunately I have not yet
	been able to develop that technique for telling who would sue
	me into receivership and who would not.  More to the point, the
	establishment for whom you are interpreting is most likely to
	have a major cow if they found out you were letting the spectators
	participate in the actual work.  Their insurance covers you but
	is vitrually guaranteed not to cover spectators that get their
	hands into the cookie jar.

	Be VERY careful about this.