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Personal Narrative On Becoming A Welder

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Through years of following in my dad's shadows, and following directly in his footsteps, he led me right into the welding family. My dad welded his whole life and now works at a small shop making 32 dollars and hour, which inspired me to become a welder and follow my dreams of supporting a family and living a healthy life without worrying about payments. As I became older I began to realize the decision I had to make going into my junior year. While making a big decision in my life it was pretty easy considering the trips our school took to the CTC. Mr. Kearns talked to me for a little while by myself and he inspired me on the amount of money and the amount of jobs that are available in the welding field. The way you can have electricity in your hands and melt metal together to make it permanent inspired me, and this is why I chose to come to CTC for metal fabrication and welding. …show more content…

If i can learn to work hard every day then I'll be a good husband, a good dad, and a good citizen in society. I hope to learn what I want to make of my life and where I wanna take my skills that welding class gives me. I hope to learn all aspects of welding and how to apply what i have to the real world. I hope I learn how to learn what success in the welding world is and where it could take me. I Hope i learn about my classmates and learn to be more open and social to my welding family. I wanna learn how to be a good welder and a respectful, honest hard working welder because that's what will really get you to the success in life everybody dreams to

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