Try and get a job as a runner in a post prod house, make the tea for 6 months, kiss media whore ass, make showreel dubs all day, work late, kiss more ass and maybe someone will start letting you fiddle with the avid ooh...

In the meantime learn premier or any other pro-ish NLE as the basic workflow is very similar even on beefy edit suites (minus the massive leather sofas and the runner, oh thats you, to bring the client an ice cold beer and kiss his ass).

Hope that helps

Tonga.