Hands on in HER (Heavy Equipment Repair)

Day 16-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

So HER is what I'm here for, and it's what I've been fighting for for the past 2 weeks. I did my hands on in HER (and of course had an... exchange of words with Scott, the instructor, on my first day), and I LOVED IT! I pretty much crawled into the break panel of a bulldozer got all greasy and covered in oil. I even welded. I Did a lot of heavy lifting and it was perfect.


I stayed afterwards and cleared things up with Scott, I told him that this is REALLY what I wanted, it's what I dreamed about. Scott said that the success rate of 16 year old he accepts into HER is at 0%. I told him that I couldn't say anything that he hadn't heard from every other student trying to get into his class, but I was going to prove to him that just because I'm 16 did not mean that I couldn't handle the responsibility and stress of being dedicated to a trade and the living conditions here at Fort Simcoe. I said that I didn't care how long it took for me to be eligible to graduate, I wouldn't let this go without a fight. He seemed willing to come to a compromise and said that if I worked my ass off while I'm doing hands on in HER and then was did the same in Auto, he would make a few calls and consider it. He promised that he was taking his definite "No" away and replacing it with a "Possibly". It definitely was not a "Yes" but it wasn't a "No". THAT I can work with. :)