Maybe an honors student; maybe an avid athlete....but, dummer than a rock...weeks to sand a block of wood? Evidently can't read a lick from a library book on how to finish wood.
HHmmmmm?This kid will probably wind up as a judge in Canada, vegan, with a boyfriend driving an SUV.... LOL!
If I read the article correctly, it was a Grade 1 class. He's writing about a memory.
Presuming he exists and the class ever existed, of course.
Shalom.