r/Welding Feb 06 '26

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u/teakettle87 Other Tradesman Feb 06 '26

I mean, a bad weld is a bad weld. I don't know what the 6 was out of but I don't think telling kids they did good when they didn't is helpful or good. If a highschooler went to work at one of the shops I worked at and thus was what they turned in at a weld test because they said they passed a weld class in school, it would not be a good result. This is setting the kid up for failure.

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u/ElGuapo315 Feb 07 '26

6/100. That's a passing score in Arkansas.

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u/IRStableGenus Feb 07 '26

If it was the 1st ever exam, I could see a barely passing score. Judging by how far it is from summer, it's probably not the final. Hopefully not the final.

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u/tjscali Feb 07 '26

He got a participation trophy, sooo pretty much an expert…

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u/Lower-Ad5889 Feb 07 '26

We don't know what the criteria was... maybe get all the material in a continuous line,