Throughout all four years of high school, I took wood shop classes. My senior year, I qualified for a class that my high school offered called Building Trades- Residential Construction. This class was every weekday of that school year. We would spend 2 hours each day off of the school campus and on-site of a construction project where we built a house and a shed. Over the course of the year, we worked alongside professionals and coordinators with Habitat for Humanity to learn how to build a house from start to finish. We worked on this house every day, rain or shine, often enduring through tough winter days to stay on schedule. I learned a lot through this program and over the course of my other high school construction classes. I know how to use chop saws, circular saws, band saws, measuring devices, and planning equipment. In addition, I know how to install siding, roofing, and windows to the frame of the house.