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A NEW ENGLAND STUDENT ACHIEVES HIS DREAMS OF

WELDING

By Neil Mansfield has made his decision that a welding career is his pathway to
success in his life. Most, if not all, welding instructors wish that
they could have 100 students that possess Ethan’s qualities.
As I write this article, New Englanders are trying very hard to He is the kind of student who just can’t get enough time under
quickly put this past winter in the rear view mirror. You know his welding helmet! This kid loves to weld and has such a
spring has sprung when you begin to see crocuses sprouting drive to learn to grow and become skillful at this thing we call
up left and right and see front lawns with shades of green welding. He’s the kind of student that asks a million questions
instead of white piles of cold icy, snowy stuff. It has been that are always on point when you are delivering content about
a common sight for so long here in New England, as well as a new weld process, metallurgy, layout, blueprint reading…
across the country, to see snow piles upon snow piles and frigid the list goes on and on.
temperatures that even as springtime comes, the cold seems to
never go away. We are happy to say that the citizens of New Ethan comes from a family of hard-working, dedicated people
England seem to be sharing the spirit of joy, with plenty of with both grandfathers who were U.S. Navy sailors, ranging
warm smiles and a bit of a spring in their step these days, now from jobs to delivering U.S. Marines into battle in the South
that the roads are clearing and baseball fields are beginning to Pacific Island campaigns to delivering U.S. Marines into
get some use with early spring practices. Opening day for the battle in Korea. So when Ethan made his choice to become
Boston Red Sox is a sure sign that spring is officially here! a metal fabrication welding student, both of his grandfathers
It’s also time for the seniors of vocational schools across New were thrilled that their grandson would become a welder. After
England to set their sights on what’s next in their lives now all, the U.S. Navy ships were built by skilled men and women
that graduation is less than 60 days away. welders. So, enough adulation from Mr. Mansfield about what
a solid student Ethan really is! Here is an excerpt by Ethan, in
I am happy to say Ethan Purinton, who is a senior in Assabet his own words, about his welding co-op job and how welding
Valley Vocational High School’s metal fabrication program, has changed his life. (Continued on page 18)

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