Ever since I played the game "Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2012", I have absolutly loved everything about cars. I've always loved working on them in my spare time, as well as learning about them in class. Because of my love for the entire automotive field, I aspire to become a master certified automotive technician and one day open my own automotie performance shop. To me, trade work is the sturdy backbone that props up the entire world as we know it. You want a house to keep you safe? Thank carpenters and construction workers. You want Clean drinkable water at that house? Thank plumbers and waste treatment plant workers. What about power? Thank electricians and electrical engineers for all of that. What I'm tring to say is if we as a society just decide that trade work isn't as important as it used to be in, say, the Industrial Revolution, life as we know it genuinely would not be the same today. "Well, what about AI and the advancements of autonomous factories and workers?" Yeah? What about them? They will never have the delicate finesse of a plumber, carenter, or concrete layer. They'll never come close to the problem solving that we as humans have evolved over thousands of years. No AI or machine will ever, in a thousand years, be able to match one percent of the efficiency that humans can acheive. Think about the financial strain of a collapsing trade industry aswell. An estimated 12 million men and women are employed in the trades in America alone. If that number were to be halved, for example, there is a very high likely hood that the economy would crash, we'd run out of power, water, and food in the matter of a few years. Society depends on the hundreds of millions of trade workers in the world, more than 90%of people will ever know or realize fully. Trades need to continue to be fed employees to keep this world afloat. Thank you for your time!

I used to be a irresponsible kid, until my father taught me the most valuable lesson in life. What he told me about was work ethic, and with him as a high ranking firefighter, he knows a lot about that. He told me that work ethic was built by determination, responsibility, respect, and cooperation. I never truly unerstood him as a 8 year old kid, but the more that I grew up, the more I realized what he meant by those words he told me that day. Determination is the ability to set your mind to any task and stop at nothing to reach that goal. Determination is what helped me get through the tough times in my life. Determination is what got me up in the morning when I didn't want to do anything anymore. Determination is what pushed me to be who I am today. Responsibility to me means being able to hold oneself accountable for their own actions. Whether it be something small like saying the wrong thing, or something big like breaking something important. Being responsible is to be the one everyone looks up to for just being the man who admits his mistakes or when hes wrong. I've made countless mistakes in my life, and I've broken countless things as well, but the responsibility within me simply will not let me live without holding myself accountable. I believe my responsibility has defined my personality over that past 8 or so years. To be respectful is to be accepting and welcoming. Everyone in this world is different in so many differet ways, but respect is what makes friends, it's what makes love, it's what makes peace. The respect I've accumulated for the people around me is what defines my small niche of people. And without their respect, I wouldn't be in the forutnate position I'm in right now. They've let me do things I wouldn't think possible without them, purely because of their respect. And finally, Cooperation. Cooperation is, subjectively, the most important part of "work ethic" as a whole. In a way, respect and cooperation go hand in hand in forming the strongest person to person bonds. To me, cooperation is defined by the ability to give and take in every action you do. It's what makes sure that one thing doesn't overpower another, similar to checks and balances in a way. Cooperation in my life is the support my friends have given me, and the support I've given them in return. They make an effort to help me, and I'll do the same back to them. In the end, "work ethic" is just a two word phrase that defines ones ability to live, work, and even prosper with the people around him, even out of work truthfully. "Work ethic" has genuinely made me who I am today, the good and the bad honestly. Thank you for your time!