Students practice motor skills with Welding

The work is tedious, the hours long, the dirt unending and the pay nonexistent; but for the love of cars, 14 high school students work day in and day out to fulfill every teenager's dream of someday driving a hot rod.

Okay, so maybe they're not all hot rods, but the students in the Regional Occupational Program (ROP) Auto Body Paint and Repair course at Paradise High School are working on cars because it's what they love to do.

In the ROP auto class, students learn skills such as welding, painting, sanding and dent removal to prepare them for a job in the automotive repair field, if they so desire, or just for their own, personal knowledge and enjoyment.

Compared to welding under a bridge, this sounds like fun!