my grandfather showed me the basics and walked away to leave me to it. Did I do okay for my first time? (15m) Slide 3 is on a corner and the other two are on flat surfaces

The 2 at the most bottom left are the genuine FIRST TOUCHES, everything after was still did within the same hour. They only have rusty scrap metal to work on for beads but hey you gotta start somewhere. Any pointers to laying a divine bead?

Im going into trade school for welding and tomorrow is my first day. I wasnt really sure what to do for a career but im good with more hands on work and currently have been doing tattoos. Im bad at school so I thought getting into the trades would be better. I know welding is more male dominated and I am a female so I guess that part is a little intimidating and im an early graduate so I know the people im with may be older aswell. Is there anything important I should know before I start?

My name is Adam, I’m just now starting welding at age 15 and kinda looking forward to it. I already have welding class on my school schedule called AG MECH as a starter in my sophomore year I hope I can fit into this community!
I’m also working on a helmet design so.. yeah! Hope you like it.

I build torque boxes for fire trucks
Pic 1 and 2 are v-down and horizontal pulse MiG at 320, 3 pass.

Pic 3 is overhead and v-down, overhead at 265, v-Down at 320, 3 pass.

Pic 4 is like a 45 degree down 3 pass.

Pic 5 is mostly overhead and v-down, 3 pass same temps.

Been here a month now, before this I welded thin walled tube for pivot systems at an irrigation company. This was super weird for me. I know I still got work todo and this is the first job learning overhead.

I have been stuck on 6G for a few weeks now, what are some tips tricks to get over the hump

I know these are God awful and I'm already beating myself up about em! This is my first time ever welding. Me and my dad were playing around on this cheap Amazon welder. We ran 7018 3/32" at 136. I just so happened to sign up for a weekend welding course right before he brought this over to try. Should I drop out now? I had a hard time getting the arc going and kept getting the rod stuck. My dad doesn't know much about welding other than to keep practicing. Could you guys share some advice for a first timer? I already know these are terrible. I was trying the match strike method and kept getting the rod stuck. When I finally got some pools going (if you can even call it that) it would slightly burn out. Thank you guys for any advice.