Almost fired...

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basic info, Im in Canada doing a specialized Apprenticeship, im from the US.
today my boss almost fired me because he thinks that im not fallowing what he wont's he to do and doing things my way and we have had this issue in the past, the thing is that Im trying to do exactly what he wonts but there are many unspoken rules and many of those rules seem to change and when i get one they change and he gets mad for not doing things his way.
he scares the crap out of me and I dont know what to do. Im thousands of miles from home and even worse I live with them so I cant be alone. Im still with them till September, assuming im not fired... help...

I am sure it cannot be easy for you to be in a place so far from home and staying with a manupulative and difficult boss. You must have signed a contract with someone when you started the apprenticeship - with whom was this done - if so, you have recourse to theis contract and possible protection. Is it possible to be fired duting an apprenticeship?

I don't know in what field of work you are, but would recommend the following:
Just relax and don't stress too much about pleasing him. Just do the job to the best of your knowledge and don't try to fit in with additional aspects - so many companies expect their employees to have certain social norms that go beyond work performance and skills.
Use whatever protection may be offered by the contract you signed when starting the apprenticeship, and check what they expect from you.
From experience I know how frustrating the work environment can be.

Try to spend some time alone from time to time during your spare time or weekends, even if it's just going for a walk or jog, or watching a movie or ball game, so you don't feel trapped.

Best of luck with this situation and keep us updated.

its part of a larger school program and im contacting the school to see that they can do. I just feel so alone here and its really hard keeping the emotions away from the fact that I love what im doing and dont wont them to combind and destroy this for me. the only thing that I can do is to repress the feelings, and get that snow ball going dopwn the hill agein.

by the way what im doing is Beekeeping, which I think I have spoken about in other posts.

Hi, I haven't had time to check out your other posts yet. It sure is a highly specialized field and not one where you would be likely to be fired, as not that many people would be keen on it. Maybe the boss is just a difficult chap with his own ideas and also remember that he is responsible for your protection and to prevent the bees attacking you, so maybe he gets stressed at times and takes it out on you. In fact, if Beekeeping is his profession he's probably not really a "people person" either!

I believe you can work this situation out with the school and be able to do what is evidently a special interest of yours and which you desire to succeed in.

he tends to give contridictory directions and then gets angery at me for doings things in not the exact way he wonted

If he's not making any sense / contradictory, ask him tactfully to make himself clearer or supply written instructions if need be, so you have something in black and white to refer to.

the problems is i have and he thinks that he being clear now and if I ask any questions he thinks that I was no paying atention

Please don't enter into the downward spiral in which he thinks he is already overexplaining and you ask still more questions (from his perspective).