“I would have gone for that in 6th grade. School was boring and easy (except for algebra) until HS Auto Mech.”
You must have been in my school. Auto Mechanics was KICK BUTT, my favorite class of high school. I’ve used those skills ever since.
My HS auto mech was pretty good and you could start only in 10th grade. I maxed all three years. I use some of it nowadays still.
One big perk I had was that my mom worked at the HS and I could get a pass to be the shop gofer and lunch getter.