Hello all my name is Derek van Veldhuisen and I am in 8th grade.  I enjoy science, Applied tech, and history.  I enjoy learning about tractors, trucks and the history behind them.  I like restoring tractors, repairing engines and watching tractor pulls.  When I get out of high school I would like to go to the Coast Guard Academy serve for 5 years then study to be a professional farm machinery mechanic.