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This is my welding teacher, career welder for over 20 years 5+ years of service in the Navy and now he's a high school welding teacher, I had him for all four years of high school and I'll be damned if he wasn't the one of the only teachers who actually seemed like he gave a shit, this man deserves your updoot.
NachomanDandyCabbage
There's teachers and there's school employees, one wants to teach the other wants to get paid and go home
KayMae
Updooting because updoot
DarthDiggler
I am sure other teachers gave a shit, seems like you liked welding and developed a closer relationship with this guy.
lex21121
you have a fucking welding class, lucky bastard thats a life skill right there
imakethingsoutofwood
Who screwed that table up onto the wall?
Passionfish
Why is there a table glued to the wall?
RichHansen
I had one of those too. He's got me vote. +1
redbullvodka
I love my welding teacher too. Only one who gave a shit about us.
tracereading
East Man: he came from the East to do battle with the Amazing Rando!
JuniperJupiter
MST3K Movie ref! YES!
wdawsonMKY
Mr Eastman gets an upvote also @op for taking Vocational classes
beelake
BEASTMAN! I graduated from East in '09. All the guys in the tech wing were great teachers and mentors.
Hamlet597
Yeah he's at Menasha now
RacheiBaby
Omg!!! I know him!!! He's a family friend!!! Tell him Cross's say hi!!! I used to hang out with Ally (his daughter) when we were younger!
icantbelieveitsnot
Eastman! Came out of the East to battle the amazing Rando!
krunksplein
That Rando stuff kills me...
KeeleonOhms
Why did i bother posting this and assuming noone else would. I love you all.
seije
i posted the same thing, scrolled down, saw this one, then went back and deleted mine. gg, imgur.
Hamlet597
Please can this happen
krunksplein
That Rando stuff kills me...
Hamlet597
Can... can we have this?
ulnek
There's welding in high school?
zhukoz
They teach people welding at high school?? Well TIL lol
arfwoofawooo
I love teachers who really cares! Some just sticks to the books and the books alone!
Hamlet597
Literally had a woods with someone like that, I don't even care to recall his name
Hamlet597
Oh my I replied to the wrong comment
arfwoofawooo
Still relatable!
BladesTonight
He looks like the kind of person who would have a hard time getting the punch line out cuz hes already laughing. My kind of people!
baciandrio
Students know who actually cares & enjoys their job. Mr Eastman is one of those rare gems. +1 for your amazing teacher.
whyisitsohardtochoseafuckingusername
I had an INCREDIBLE physics teacher in highschool, probably why I went into engineering.
caedescorvidus
My HS physics teacher was excellent. He pushed us to achieve and provided us with the tools to do so. I ended up with a 5 on both AP phys C
Cal1te
I was the same, somehow got an B in physics and failed maths.
Repostradamus
My construction teacher was like that. Got fired recently for not following the new principle's policy of more tests and less hands-on work.
BlackDragoness
The system is the teachers and the students greatest enemy. It's the biggest lie parents are being told. Source: am teacher.
VoIdemort
I think the system needs to be reformed wholly. There needs to be time set aside for teachers to educate their students how they see fit 1/2
VoIdemort
in addition to the requirements. We're in the digital age, we need classroom statistics for each student, to get students on the right track
BobKatt
I always upvote good teachers.
rickeyspanish
me too, unless OP says updoot
KeeleonOhms
Eastman came from the east to battle RANDO!
HenryRowengartner
I was sold until "updoot"
Hamlet597
You never know when it's gunna get spooky out there, protect your updoots, comment early, post often...
LiquidPoo
WhyAmIForcedToHaveFun
Mr. Eastman, weld done!!
daftanddirtier
Very puny. I'm acetylene for that as funny I guess..sigh
GSharp124
Holy shit I went to this school!
Helpingpeoplesometimes
Wow, a marketable skill, in high school. You can make money right now if you've been taught properly. Someone give this man a medal.
YourPalDogMeat
I to attended Appleton East
Hamlet597
Menasha now
beelake
He's been at Menasha for 5 or 6 years now right?
Hamlet597
4 years, had him when I was freshman up through this year, and he came the same year I was a freshman
beelake
All of the other dudes from the East tech wing/Tesla Engineering Charter School. Agreat group of people who really love tech and learning
beelake
I remember hearing that he was leaving East when I was in college. Graduated 2013 so that makes sense. He's a great dude. I miss him and 1/2
FireBreathingStockBroker
My high school had a robotics engineering class, but no welding class.
Cowmayihelpu
My high school had nothing like either of those... I'm seriously jealous
Jason0625
My school use have a wood shop class and that was it, and they cut it for a class to teach you how to maintain bicycles
hitlershairydick
My highschool has grass to play on
Hamlet597
Well, our grass here is just to smoke
degenerator
Sounds like an enriching, practical experience.
VernonLamb
Wood shop and a smoking lounge. That was about it for us. Auto mechanics, but school never let us work on cars because "too dangerous."
6ft1DickC
That sucks, we had a 9 bay garage with 2 lifts. I used to work on teachers cars during class and free periods.
yourmomsawookie
Vo-tech in Rolla MO let us work on cars. Teachers cars usu. They started us slow and by yr 2 you would do pretty cool projects. But slowly.
6ft1DickC
We had 4 classes, small engines, car care, auto tech, then advanced auto tech. In AAT we restored an E-250 van. Body, int, engine, trans 1/2
6ft1DickC
And rear end. Bought for 300+tow, sold for 8k. Used that money to go buy new tools and then built a track car out of a 93 cavalier
Hamlet597
Welding was one of the most enriching and practical classes I've ever taken
GeddyLee2112
Not enough practical skills taught these days. Maybe why todays young people have no common sense.
BoopingTheBooper
Get your certs, can make a good living off of that.
AidanNel
Where do you go to school?
Hamlet597
Menasha high
darkoshen
Wisconsin represented.
bohemiancrabcity
Went to school in Manitowoc, but live in MD now. That area has much better schools due to its tech classes. Shop classes rocked.
OfficialJoeBiden
That face earns him 1,000,000 upvotes in my book
InsertUnimaginativeUsernameHere
craaaaaaaaaaaaig
Perfect
Jayrunn
"It's a....Jump to Conclusions Mat
pookieeatworld
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!?!?
mistermichigan
That was my immediate thought as well! :)
NinjasStoleMyMama
Money
CoolDud3
archaictriad
This is the only thing I could think of haha
D34dStar
All I see is " I have pizza skills"
thejudge615
I guess his jump to conclusions mat didn't take off
Hamlet597
He also has people skills
WhiteOthello
You should make him a Jump to Conclusions mat for his birthday
Hamlet597
Oh I just might....
Hitlersbulgingmilkybreasts
Give him a red swingline stapler
WhiteOthello
But...but that's...that's my stapler
MrMeems
Your highschool had welding class, some other kids highschool had robotics class... mine had agriculture class...
WeirdStealth
What state did you go to highschool? also, whats had robotics and no welding? my school had welding, no robotics in Utah.
MrMeems
Oklahoma, and a small town at that. Oklahoma still has a lot of ranchers.
MrMeems
...where you learned such skills as castrating a steer.
Hamlet597
Damn that's hot
jgardner3611
In my experience, shop teachers show more interest in their students than other teachers
noahfuxgiven
I think you're right... prob. why mine shot his head off with a shot gun in his car.
ralphwiggles
My shop teacher was a huge douche and perhaps a pedophile
yourmomsawookie
My shop teacher stunk of beer and cigs HORRIBLY. Scary to know he may been drunk at work. Beer and table saw dont mix.
lmei2
So as stated, he paid more attention to his students than other teachers? Point proven
ralphwiggles
damn, you're right
SomeWateryTartThrewASwordAtMe
They usually don't seem to buy the narrative of "if you don't go to college, your life will be a failure"
Akennedy43111
Because they realise if you learn the right skills you wont need college.
neanderbob
Core teachers are generally under a lot more pressure to produce canned scores on difficult and not at all relevant tests.
neanderbob
Which is why the scowl more lol
jgardner3611
This is what I thought writing this comment. Just didn't know how to articulate it and have it make sense. I blame my core teachers ;)
incorporeal5
They get to see their students successes more often than core class teachers. I remember the first time I actually created something in 1/2
incorporeal5
2/2 I was so damn proud and my teacher had the biggest smile on his face. Mr. Burchett was awesome.
ThrottleJesus
My auto teacher showed us how to operate a lift and sat on his ass the rest of the year. Fully stocked shop and he taught us fuck all.
Repostradamus
My auto teacher was similar. The only thing we learned all semester was how to change drum brakes and I already knew that so it was useless.
ObeseLlama
You my sir have not met mr.grinstead good god.... gives me ptsd just typing that name
degenerator
Ol' "Grinning" Grinstead, who would put out cigarettes on the napes of students' necks?
ObeseLlama
Yes
degenerator
Yep. If a student couldn't produce a good ashtray, Grinny would turn 'em into one.
TheDuke0fHazzard
My shop teacher let me improperly use a saw and almost lose my hand to teach me a lesson
Imixmywhiskeywithmilk
Did you learn your lesson?
TheDuke0fHazzard
Well, I learned how *not* to use the saw
degenerator
Hands-off learning usually yields the best retention.
coluccil2011
Of both limbs and the skill being taught