Talk About A Suprise.

[tipptruck1]

So I needed to print of my college transcript for a student discount at the gym. As I scroll down to see my number credits for the fall. I saw my GPA below that. I am not going to lie. I figured I would have the typical 1.5-2.0 GPA. Just enough to get my degree. Well It is a 3.3. I know its only a tech school. So I am not bragging. I am just very happy with that. Also with one more semester left. I am the happiest I have been in years.

 

If you compare that to high school. I didn't even have a 1 in front of my GPA. I was 25th out of 26 students at graduation. I only did enough to get my diploma. All though I had 12 more credits then I needed. That one still confuses me. So yes I was a total slacker. I was bored every day. The only classes that held my interest were science and any thing to do with history. Not even shop or gym held my interest.

 

Coming from that ten years ago. To a functioning college student. I am very happy.  I also wish my dad was still around to hear this news. He was the only reason why I finished high school. He saw my struggle for years in school. The worst part of it all. He never even got to see me finish high school. As he is was a welder/machinist. I think he would even be happier on my choice of career. I am following in his foot steps. Well sort of. I am not a welder or pretend to be. Now I can weld not problem. I just hate welding.

 

Any way that is the end of this happy story for now.

[Sam]

People "blossom" at different times.

 

My high school days were not the best and I did not get good grades.

 

Went to LSU and blossomed and got great grades; made great lifelong friends; improved my social life; and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and then went into the Army as an officer.

 

You are "blossoming" now. Keep it going. Head to Wisconsin and keep that education in gear.

 

Congrats on doing so well in school and finally becoming challenged with your school work.

[tipptruck1]

As munch as I would love to go to a major college. There is two things that are holding me back. I could never afford the 20k plus a year tuition. Plus I do enjoy being a machinist. It can challenging some days. That is what I love about it. plus I have metal working in my blood. The pay might not be the best at times. But better then many other types of jobs. I really thought about going back for mechanical design. That plus being a machinist would open a lot of doors for me. The pay would be a lot more then what I am making now. As munch as I love money. I could not sit at a computer. Playing with cad and solidworkds all day. I would rather be getting dirty and making stuff with my hands.

[ThatZX14Fella]

People "blossom" at different times.

 

My high school days were not the best and I did not get good grades.

 

Went to LSU and blossomed and got great grades; made great lifelong friends; improved my social life; and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and then went into the Army as an officer.

 

You are "blossoming" now. Keep it going. Head to Wisconsin and keep that education in gear.

 

Congrats on doing so well in school and finally becoming challenged with your school work.

 

I guess I'm never going to blossom. I dropped out of HS and still don't have a job or license and don't plan on getting my GED or going to college. I'm to lazy to do it and don't have any reason to care where I end up.

[Raul]

I didn´t become a good student until I changed from Economics to Veterinary Medicine school, before that I was slightly above average, yup, I only had to hang in Economics school for 2 more years to become an Economist.

 

9.3 average ( in a scale of 1 to 10 ) was my final Veterinary Medicine score, got any idea how many get that score for the entire 5 years plan ? only a handful and only one or two in each generation.

 

Got any idea why I dropped Economics school and all the money that cost those 2 years ? ----> I didn´t like it, it wasn´t my call being an Economist. It is my call being a Veterinarian.

[clayton86]

Sounds like me pretty much. High school I didn't care slept threw or skipped class most the time only thing that held Intrest was science and history like you. Went to tech school maintained - 3.98 GPA with 99% attendance would have been 100% but I had court back home in NY. A couple times. I graduated high school 48 out of 49 only person below me was the mentally retarded kid who went to a special school but was "based" out of my hs.

[tipptruck1]

I guess I'm never going to blossom. I dropped out of HS and still don't have a job or license and don't plan on getting my GED or going to college. I'm to lazy to do it and don't have any reason to care where I end up.

I had the same thoughts in High school, but I did get my diploma. After many years of busting my butt. Working jobs that barely paid better then min wage. I got sick and tired of being poor. Being poor when your a adult is not fun, or cool. Your friends will not want to hang out with a mooch. Your family will get sick of your bs. The list gos on and on. Also good luck keeping a woman around.

 

You might not have dreams now. As I did when I was your age. I grew up a bit and now have them. I would like to own my own house. With a few acres out in the sticks. Do to me changing my life around. That ir is possible in a few years. I will be able to own my own house. I would also like a nice car plus a nice bass boat. They are also a reality now. The house come first though.

[F14A-B]

Well, I will only say... Congrats! We are built to move forward, not backwards.... Sounds to me like you are on you're way!

Best Wishes....

[Jigfishn10]

Congrats tipp, hard work in the class room is a great foundation for the good fortunes you dream of.

 

I started college late, but I made sure I went to school in a field I wanted to be in. I graduated with honors and was 1/100th of a point from high honors. My hard work in the classroom enabled me to obtain things I never thought I would have had. 

 

Keep up the hard work.

[tipptruck1]

Thanks guys for the kind words. I do say I have to love my grandma. I told her what I was getting. Of course I had to translate it to her. About what it meant for grade wise. These were her exact words.

 

"See if you would have gotten grades like that. While you were in high school. You could have gotten scholarships."

Yea that is easier said then done. After 12 years of school. I had no interest in ever going back. But that changed like I said a few post up. I also lost my dad in Jan of my Sr. Year. That affected me more then what I thought it would have. In the end do I wish I would have gone sooner. Not at all. I was still being a kid. I was working making what was ok money. Plus no way would I have cared as munch as I do now. Compared to 10 years ago.

[Jigfishn10]

Thanks guys for the kind words. I do say I have to love my grandma. I told her what I was getting. Of course I had to translate it to her. About what it meant for grade wise. These were her exact words.

Yea that is easier said then done. After 12 years of school. I had no interest in ever going back. But that changed like I said a few post up. I also lost my dad in Jan of my Sr. Year. That affected me more then what I thought it would have. In the end do I wish I would have gone sooner. Not at all. I was still being a kid. I was working making what was ok money. Plus no way would I have cared as munch as I do now. Compared to 10 years ago.

Why, does she talk southern Bama like Raider?

[tipptruck1]

No she talks old. So I get confused a lot when she talks. I also don't think they cared what GPA was when she was in high school. Let alone knew what it meant.

[speed craw]

See what happens when you sit next to the right people. Just kidding congratulations you should be on cloud nine.

[BassThumbAddict]

Went through the same thing. Now I'm at the university of oklahoma maintaining a 3.5. I think my biggest thing is high school didn't seem worth it to me. In college everyone is there for the same reason everyone is paying money to be there and there is no horseplay.

[tipptruck1]

See what happens when you sit next to the right people. Just kidding congratulations you should be on cloud nine.

I wish I could cheat. But since I am in school to learn how to be a machinist. In reality I sit far away from people. Well when I have to take a test. As for the shop work. No one can fake that. Every person dose it different. They leave tiny little tells of who did what.

 

Went through the same thing. Now I'm at the university of oklahoma maintaining a 3.5. I think my biggest thing is high school didn't seem worth it to me. In college everyone is there for the same reason everyone is paying money to be there and there is no horseplay.

 I was the same way. But there is horse play with us. Last spring we stuck a bunch of magnets on his locker. Along with that We taped his whole locker. To top it off. I had a 5lb chunk of welded metal in my locker. So we also taped that to it. The best part is a teacher saw it. All he said was do not break the floor tiles. About a hour later. The teacher that saw us do it. Came in to the shop carrying the stuff. The kid we did that to just threw every thing down the hall. So he got in trouble for that.

[speed craw]

Its amazing what a good welder / fabricator & machinist can do . My dad worked on massive bottling equipment. He had an older machinist who could do just about anything in a hurry and seeing what you needed by a glance and seeing specs. There were 4 different plants they all fought for his attention.

[tipptruck1]

Its amazing what a good welder / fabricator & machinist can do . My dad worked on massive bottling equipment. He had an older machinist who could do just about anything in a hurry and seeing what you needed by a glance and seeing specs. There were 4 different plants they all fought for his attention.

I agree with this 100%. My old man was a welder/machinist. Granted he was more of a welder. Then a machinist. His lathes and mills still had wide leather drive belts. If I recall right they were from the late 1800s. No displays, carbide tools, or any thing modern. They worked for what he needed them.

 

I also remember a high school shop project I had to make. It was a simple hammer with a tapered end. Every one was taking a hack saw and cutting the angle. Of course that was taking all day. So I took mine home to ask dad what we could do. So he set me up on a mill and showed me how to run it. The next day I took it back to school and tuned it in. All my classmates were like how did I get it done so fast. So I told them how. Of course they were mad that I "cheated' as they put it. The teacher looks like he was going to pee his pants. He was laughing that hard. When he heard how I did it. So even then I guess it was my destiny. To become a machinists. 

[speed craw]

Lol thats awesome, except mine was my bike then later the family lawnmower. However my dad did not appreciate the extra hp with being able to launch 1rst gear and lay skid marks .

[tipptruck1]

We had a old cub cadet lawn mower. It was from the 70s. Not sure on the Hp though. I could lift the front wheels with the deck on. I even once even got a huge power slide out of it. Granted it was pouring rain. But to get a lawnmower fast enough to do that. That is crazy.

[speed craw]

I knew a butt chewing was in order , see my dad wearing his sweet tea and his thrilled face while trying to cut the grass .

[Raider Nation Fisher]

I guess I'm never going to blossom. I dropped out of HS and still don't have a job or license and don't plan on getting my GED or going to college. I'm to lazy to do it and don't have any reason to care where I end up.

Wow. Troll much???

[tipptruck1]

Well here are a few of the projects that helped me get the good grades. They were also the hardest up to this point.

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Also look at my big nuts. No it was not a hard project.

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