Watson took time every day after school to help me with my work. With the help of Ms. Duffy and Ms. Watson, I felt like I could achieve my goal of graduating high school and starting my career. It was at the end of my first year, with the help of Ms. Duffy and Ms. Watson, that I chose auto bodywork as a career and I couldn't have been happier. My second year was a different story. Mrs. Duffy took early retirement due to budget cuts and the help I received in the classroom was reduced. I still had Mrs. Watson, but without the extra help of Mrs. Duffy and her helping to cheer me up when I was down, I felt abandoned and my attitude toward school changed. I started to slack off on my schoolwork and was more interested in spending time with kids who weren't doing their work and were always getting into trouble. I did just enough to move up to the next class. Going into my freshman year, I was very confident about my education again and this was the year I was going to buckle down and get my work done. When I arrived at my body shop, my teacher noticed my change in attitude and assigned me a job that he usually assigns to seniors. Every morning, when I entered my bodywork class, my car