STRICTLY OBSERVING: Precision teaching Zach Cooley Apr 24, 2023 Apr 24, 2023 0 Shane Crockett, 25, of Rural Retreat is proving himself a shining star as Wythe County Technology Center’s newest Precision Machining instructor. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Zach Cooley Lifelong Rural Retreat citizen Shane Crockett has happy memories of his eighth-grade science class and his teacher Summer Stone.kAm“$96 H2D @?6 @7 E96 C62D@?D x 6?;@J65 D49@@=[” 96 C642==65] “x’> 2 92?5D\@? =62C?6C 2?5 96C >6E9@5D C62==J DEF4< H:E9 >6[ 2D @AA@D65 E@ 3@@< =62C?:?8]”k^AmkAm{:EE=6 5:5 rC@4<6EE <?@H E92E :? a_aa[ 96 H@F=5 H@C< F?56C 9:D 7@C>6C E62496C[ ?@H E96 AC:?4:A2= @7 E96 (JE96 r@F?EJ %649?@=@8J r6?E6C[ 2?5 :E H@F=5 36 9:D EFC? E@ AC@G:56 E96 92?5D\@? E6249:?8 E@ DEF56?ED @7 !C64:D:@? |249:?:?8] %96 ad\J62C\@=5 H:== D@@? 4@>A=6E6 9:D :?2F8FC2= J62C 2E E96 E649?:42= D49@@=[ H96C6 96 E62496D E6? DEF56?ED :? 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