Ethnographic research examined the culture of a Knoxville, Tennessee, middle-school technology education classroom before, during, and after a summer youth development experience. The summer camp provided technology education and leadership development to middle- and lower-class students. Several observations of salient behavior were made with particular attention to five previously determined factors of job success: ambition, self-control, organization, enthusiasm, and conscientiousness. Three students were observed for baseline data prior to the summer camp experience. Post-camp observations were collected in the classroom/laboratory from interactions with the teacher and other students. The study found many changes did occur. Students who attended the summer camp showed more leadership, organization, motivation, and better use of time after the experience. They were also more enthusiastic and ambitious. The study concluded that summer camp appeared to have positive effects on the five factors of job success, but that further research is needed to sort out the actual causes of the positive change in behavior, since the students also got older during the research and other factors may have influenced them. (KC)