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Welcome to the show. We're diving into the world

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of local talent, artists, wrestlers, and businesses.

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Let's get started. What's going on guys welcome

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back to the true new podcast I am here again

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with this thing. He showed up for some reason

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He was already in my car when I got home. I don't

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know He I don't know how he got in I guess he

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finally found the keys or you finally how to

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walk on two legs I don't know but anyways guys

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Episode 263 we have a very special episode today.

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Yes some broaden the doors a little bit more

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to if for some reason you're sitting down because

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man you get by myself and I stuck at the same

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job over and over again I should go back to school

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and get something going for my life. This is

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the episode for you guys. I hope you guys are

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tuned in. Thanks so much for last week's episode.

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You guys did a great job. Tune in commenting.

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It was great. We did. I did put the hamster flying

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through the air right for I choose you pick up

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to right. Yes. Yes. And they came up beautiful.

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So other than that, guys, thank you again for

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showing up with us. One more. time getting close

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to 300 episodes slowly, but surely, and we're

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going to get there. I don't know how, but we're

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going to get there eventually. The year's almost

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up. Oh, by the way, seven years doing the podcast.

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Holy cow. I do most of the work. That's right.

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It's hard to be this shining and spectacular

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for seven years, especially with, you know, anyway.

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You done working with dead weight? All right

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today's podcast we got some special guess one

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of the largest Guess that we had today today

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a lot of pockets. We have well or yes in one

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shot You've had three we've had maybe three and

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a half and some people showed up We had supposed

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to have five but they came in three and a half

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or four and a half or whatever But today everybody's

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present everybody's in in town. I feel so professional

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right now. I don't know why, but a little bit.

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Anyways, guys, let me blow my own horn here,

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guys. Ladies and gentlemen, let me welcome South

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Texas Votek Institution in the podcast. Welcome,

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guys. Welcome to the show. Thank you for being

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here. You all look great on camera, by the way.

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Did I pee my Texas? Oh, you're in trouble. No,

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we're in trouble. I'm fine. Guys, welcome to

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the podcast, guys. First of all, thank you for

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inviting us here and not only myself, but, you

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know, allowing us to bring the team, you know,

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behind every successful leader is an amazing

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team. That's who we brought with us today. Yeah.

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Go ahead and start. Start from, yeah. I'll go

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and start myself. My name is Omar Trevino. I'm

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the campus president for South Texas Vocational

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Technical Institute in Wasaco. So excited and

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happy to be here. My name is Elizabeth Cardenas,

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director of admissions. All right. Jenny Rios,

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Director of Education. There you go. Thank you

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for having us. My name is Fabian Martinez. I'm

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Director of Peer Services. There you go. Welcome

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to the podcast. Welcome to the podcast. This

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is actually the first time we actually had...

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a college or an institute coming to the podcast,

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I mean, you went to think like, oh, we want to

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go with those rejects. Why would I want to be

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on that show with those two rejects? Well, to

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be completely fair, this was against their better

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judgment. They saw the show and they still did.

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You have to have a talk with, what was your name?

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Judy? Judy? Yeah, Judy. We came in with our eyes

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wide open. Judy, this is your fault. Is this

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all your fault? No, I was joking. Should have

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applied more pressure, dude. But anyways, guys,

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thank you for coming to the show, man. Really

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interested in everything you want to see. I'd

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like to hear from you guys how this STBT is all

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about. I know beforehand it used to be BoTech

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at one point, right? And now it's South Texas

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Vocational Technical Institute. So, I mean, tell

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us a little story behind the background. South

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Texas BoTech. Well, South Texas Vocational Technical

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Institute has been around for over 50 years.

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Wow. My understanding is it's, you know, initially

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started off in Brownsville as a ESL. Right. You

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know, and from there, just the brand continued

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to grow across the valley, you know, went from

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McAllen. Now there's, you know, campuses, three

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campuses here in the valley. We have one in McAllen,

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one in Brownsville, and of course, Westlaco.

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We also have one in Corpus Christi. San Antonio

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and this is a kicker is you know we have a South

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Texas Vocational Technical Institute in North

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Texas. We're just talking about that right now.

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We continue to grow and service the communities

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we're in. That's awesome. That's amazing. As

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far as I mean I know knowing the fact that it's

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from the RGB itself you have so many different

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campuses here now it's grown it's spread out

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even more now right? Correct. So I mean as far

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as student wise in a total Well, it's more or

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less a number, and you can give us all a number.

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Well, for our campus, it's about 413 students

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right now. Wow. And that's kind of replicated.

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I believe McAllen now has about 437. And our

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Brownsville campus is about 400. Just nice. Just

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about to hit the 400. That's a lot of that's

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lost. You know what? What does it take for something

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like what we said beginning of the podcast? You

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know, there's always that one guy or that one

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gal, you know, they go not to say that they're

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all gave a 95 job. What's wrong with it? But

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sometimes you want to further yourself a little

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bit more. I mean, what? What does it take to

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get into the school? What is that you need, you

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know? The great thing is that we offer flexible

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schedules which still allows our students to

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be able to keep their day jobs or evening jobs

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and still manage to come to school in the mornings

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or in the evenings. So that's one of the great,

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you know, potentials that we have for our students

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that they're still able to go to school. Right.

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One of the biggest fears is how am I going to

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do this? And it's probably one of the easiest

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ways to get a career training within less than

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a year. And how they get started is actually

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in my department with admissions. All they have

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to do is just call us, set up an appointment,

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or they can just walk into the building. I have

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a team of five admissions representatives. There's

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more of you. So I have an entire team that takes

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the time to discuss the different needs, motivations,

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why, you know, discuss their career goals. Right.

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Aside from that, so we get to know all of our

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students by name, identify how we can find the

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right fit for them, provide tours. We do offer

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trade programs as well as allied health programs.

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So there's plenty of programs for anyone that

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has an interest in continuing their education.

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That's awesome. Now, as far as the technical

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school itself, It's just like we're talking about

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earlier. We have a like welding which is one

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of the one one thing we're gonna talk about in

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a few minutes Welding what other like plumbing

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electrical? What else whether what are the programs

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or what a program program a welding program,

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which is a trade right as well as our CDL Okay,

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they're able to earn their CDO license along

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with that We also offer allied health programs

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which are more into like medical assisting dental

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assisting and medical bidding and coding There

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you go. There you go. But then we also have our

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McCallan campus, you know, our McCallan campus

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also offers HVAC, you know We're currently in

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the process of automotive service technician

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Brownsville has that as well So it's never spread

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across the valley, but we offer a variety of

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courses to meet the needs of our students and

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the communities. And how are the classes? I mean,

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get with you here also. I don't need two people

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on the left. How are the classes like? I mean,

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what's the hour period? I mean, what's that look

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like? So like Ms. Karanas was saying, the flexibility

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is there for morning and evening classes. So

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our evening classes can begin from either 5 .30

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or 6 p .m. up until 10 .30 during the week and

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morning classes are from 8 a .m. to about 1 15

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1 30 so just depending on which program you're

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in so so yes it's it's very flexible of course

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schedule and the beauty of these classes that

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they're also offered on a hybrid basis as well

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okay and now for somebody let's say someone doesn't

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have a vehicle or somebody are there online classes

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also available for this or this is more about

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on hands all hands on deck Well, depending on

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which program, like for example, the welding

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program, it is hands -on. The medical assisting

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program, hands -on. So there is hybrid, but most

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of the training is in person, hands -on, yes.

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Okay. All right. Because I know, I mean, everybody

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in their own block, in your small little community,

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they always have that one guy, oh, what is that

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coming out? He knows how to weld, bro. He knows

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how to weld. Did he go to school for it? He goes,

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no, no, it's always the one that, you know, and

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I always thought to myself, well, if you can

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pick up that trade, you know that you're well

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off. But in the other other way, I mean, you

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want to get to these companies that are looking

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for welders, you know, you need to have at least

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a license to do this. And now they were talking

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to step into welding itself. There was some sort

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of competition that you guys automatically won.

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some championship? Well, one of the things we

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do is we try to engage our community. So we created

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a competition across the valley called Weld Wars.

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And at Weld Wars, we actually reached out to

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our local high schools to see if any of their

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students wanted to compete in it. And that's

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where the program took off, or the actual competition.

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So what that said is, you know, the students

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got to participate. There were high school students

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from all around the valley, you know, our La

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Jolla campuses, PSJA, we had Brownsville Hanna,

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we had Edinburgh, we had Westlico, everybody

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competing against each other. At the end of the

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day, they won individual prizes based off of

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their performances, and the winning school actually

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got to... receive welding equipment, welding

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machines, some of the more expensive items. And

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I also brought this along that, you know, the

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winning team won some custom belt buckles. So

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this was one of the things that they really enjoyed.

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Just once again, it's customized for the event

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that has the date and just once again. They won

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the competition. Sponsored by WWE. That's awesome.

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And were any of you here at that event that knew

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what was going on? Yes, we're all present. We're

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the ones that put it together. Oh, there you

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go. There you go. I'm sorry, the support from

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our great marketing department. You know, Andrew,

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you did help us, you know. They helped us out

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significantly facilitate this process. But even

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at that, we had a lot of involvement from the

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community. We did have that competition video,

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but what you didn't see is we also had a live

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band going on. We had some vendors there. you

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know, a lot of other activities happening in

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the background, free barbecue, all you can eat

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drinks, you know, everything just to once again

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engage the community because we had the families

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coming in watching their children engage in the

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welding competition. And not to mention the employers

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we had there, we had a vast amount of employers

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who were great, you know, to help us out. They

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made donations. They were just actively involved

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looking at the next level of welders coming in.

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Exactly. You know, for us it was about Highlighting

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the valley, you know highlighting the students

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here Then these employers who some locally and

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some out of the air and know that their talent

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is here in the valley, right? Right. What kind

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of feedback do you get from employers that are

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looking for? so From the school they they love

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it, right? We have employers calling us to recruit

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from our school very particularly in the welding

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field So that's kind of my area when you start

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going into career services once you're finishing

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your program we want to you know, assist in helping

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you find that employment. That's not just you

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complete your program and, you know, right. You

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know, no, that's not the way it works. Yeah,

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exactly. So what we what we want to do is make

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sure that our students are confident when they're

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coming to our school that by the time they're

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done, they're lined up with a job. Right. And

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although we can't guarantee the job because they

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are. that they ultimately have to go through

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interviews and complete tests and do certain

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things to get hired, we do line them up with

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those employers. So we help them set up the interview

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with the employer. We even set up the tests.

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In fact, just yesterday we had SpaceX on campus.

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Oh, wow. OK. And they tested 15 of our students.

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Half of those already have job offers. The others

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are going to continue practicing. But then it

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doesn't stop there. Today we had a large company

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coming in from Ingleside. They came in and they

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tested another group of our students at our school.

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So we make sure that these employers come. They

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recruit from our school. Our students are ready

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to test with them. And a lot of them leave with

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employment before they even graduate. So these

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students that are being tested yesterday and

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today, they haven't graduated yet. And they already

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have a job aligned for them. That's got to make

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them very excited to know that there's a possible

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future out there. Definitely. Wow, that's great.

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That's awesome. Especially with SpaceX. I don't

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think people in the Valley really understand

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the impact that SpaceX will have on them in the

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future. There's going to be a whole new infrastructure

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that's set up around just the science that's

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going around SpaceX. And it's not just road construction.

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It's not, you know, it's plumbing for homes and

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for the businesses that are going to be sprouting

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up around it. And so like hearing that, like

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that's great. That's just a little sneak preview

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of what's to come. And also to add to World Wars,

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they are the judges, right? These employers are

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the judges for this competition. So it's not

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necessarily South Texas Boat Tick that's judging

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these. the students that are competing, it's

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those employers. They come and they participate.

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They become part of that event. And they judge

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those students. So they're giving them real feedback

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from the industry. It's not just the education

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portion, but it's the actual industry subject

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matter experts that are coming in and they're

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telling you, hey, you know what? You did amazing.

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You deserve this award. That's great. That's

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all. Oh, what's up, Brian Davis? Yes, you made

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it on time, buddy. It's weird how they talk about

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when you're talking about the assumption that

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some of the companies are coming and come and

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look at these students. And then when you say

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that you help them out and go out and try to

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get, you know, what is situated in the more and

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more here, man, this this welding thing that

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they're doing, all these companies came in. It

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was like kind of like a combine, like an NFL

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combine day draft day. You know, they come and

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check out. Yeah. And then you got and then you

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got your agent failing over here. I got this

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kid that he could do for us. you're getting the

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help you need to further yourself down for the

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future I mean yeah okay you work in a retail

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store you've been there for 30 years 20 years

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15 years you're gonna come to a realization later

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down live you're like man am I doing this for

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the rest of my life and am I gonna be can I go

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out, like I said, the welding, the plumbing,

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the electrical, you know, and HVAC. Some of these

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people that I know that have the license for

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HVAC have their own companies, you know, and

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they and they they're their own boss. They do

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their own hours, man. And it's crazy. You know,

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that's something I think that's what the goal

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is for a lot of the older guys like me, the mid,

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mid age guys and the younger young guys and the

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young ladies are coming. Also, they want to be

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their own boss. They want to set their own schedule.

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They want to go when I'm ready to go. But at

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the same time, you get hungry and you want to

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get out there and get more. And that's what it's

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all about. You know, this is your future. You're

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planning your future. And to have these kind

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of kind of institutes out there to help you do

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that. And like you said, we're talking about

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this earlier. You know, we go to school. We go

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to high school. You're in there. You're doing

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your thing. You know, you're in the football

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team. You're basketball. OK, what did you do?

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All right. Do you think you're going to make

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the NBA NFL or you're going to be high gymnast?

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Whatever. Go for it. Live your dream. Try to

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get it. But you got to have something. in the

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back burner, just in case. Injuries happen. Injuries

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happen. It's not just that, like what I was saying

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earlier before the show. When I was going to

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school, it wasn't pushed, you know, that, oh,

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you don't want to be a plumber. You don't want

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to be an electrician. No, you want a good job.

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You want to be a president or, you know, you

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want to be a lawyer or doctor or something. So

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you go to college for four years. And, you know,

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as time goes on and you grow up, you realize

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that's not really it. an option for some people.

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You would have done really well in one of those

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jobs. Having a CDL, that would have given you

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freedom and money. Being a plumber, it would

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have paid you really well. Being a welder, you

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could have worked in the oil fields and that's

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all kinds of crazy money too. I would have really

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appreciated having STVT around at that time.

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That's what I'm saying, you know. Educating me

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as to like these, this is the reality. Yeah,

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and don't get it wrong, there's some high schools,

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even when I was back, like my son says, you were

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born in 1900s, dad. Back in the early 90s, you

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know, they had a vocational. classes. There was

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a auto body part. Yeah, there was a business

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computers of America. There was crafting, you

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know, carpentry and they had all this stuff.

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Exactly. But the thing is, the thing is that

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said not to say it's a sad part because I know

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they meant meant it to be something well, you

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know, something, hey, you know what, maybe there

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isn't the funds to go to to Harvard or to Miami

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or these big colleges we dream we can go to.

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Not to say aim lower, you gotta come realize

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something. Hey, you know what? Maybe I should

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start here and I'm doing this. Maybe then I can

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try to shoot higher and have the funds to where

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I need to go. You know, this will be my main

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thing. As far as being 50 years, by the way,

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I believe it was in 1975 when you were established.

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That's the year I was born. But you know, has

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the student base grown, has grown more? What

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does the student base look like? Is it like mixed?

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Is it like young people? It's very diverse. We

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have individuals straight out of high school

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and then we find those individuals that have

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already, you know, completed a career and now

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they're ready for something that they've always

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wanted to do. It could be the medical industry

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or, you know, the trade. I was going to mention

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also that I know earlier we were talking about

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CDL, how now, you know, we have team drivers

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and spouses. naturally behind welding, I hear

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more often now females joining the welding program.

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Just because, you know, they have found that

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their partners are working in the field. One,

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you know, they want to be out there working with

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them, and two, financially being more supportive.

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And so it helps, you know, for both of them to

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be away and, you know, making that money. And

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I will say currently our welding population,

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about 20 % of our welding pop is females. You

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should see them walk. It's amazing. I mean, they

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take so much pride. No, there's don't, but you

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can see their dedication to their craft. I mean,

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we've had some that have started off with us.

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They've left and moved up and now they're supervisors,

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managers at some of these companies within a

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short period of time because of their dedication.

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We always tell our students and you get out of

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it what you put into it. Right. You know, and

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one of the things we do for all of our welders

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is, you know, if you're a student that you get

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free tutor and you can always come back as alumni

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to utilize our facilities, you know, what we

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have there to continue practicing your craft

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for additional employment opportunities. So it's

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not just okay you're welding you know during

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your classroom time But you can stay behind just

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to continue to focus on your craft and and you

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know once getting developed that exactly And

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then the beautiful thing about that also once

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you you graduate from from the Institute you

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go off You do your job you establish off, you

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know say you know what time for me to retire

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You can always come back say you know what I

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want to teach I want to teach, you know. Well,

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if they're open to it. I'm pretty sure they are.

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I mean, it's a beautiful art. I mean, welding

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is a very beautiful art. I mean, just look at

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it. You can't look at it directly. You'll mess

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up your eyes. But it's a beautiful art. You know,

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I've seen it done. I've seen it done hundreds

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of times. And, you know, to do that, to learn

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something, to have that in your back pocket and

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say, you know what, I learned this. I would love

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to share this, my experiences with the... the

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new breed that's coming in. You know, I want

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to show them what can, what to expect when you

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go into this field. Well, I was imagining that

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once the, you know, people graduating that have

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been working in the field for a while, they actually

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come back to STDT to do what these employers

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are doing now, scope out new talent. Maybe they

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have their own business. Prospects. Prospects.

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Prospects. And if you watch the video, one of

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those success stories is there. Oh, OK. Once

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again, she was one of our, and she's an alumni.

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She moved up, and now she was the one judging

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the competition for the employer, trying to scope

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out the new talent to recruit for that employer.

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Did she have any stories to share? her career

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or you know while she was on the job or anything

00:22:45.029 --> 00:22:47.069
like that yeah i mean she did share a lot and

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you want to and she says you know she felt you

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know she was very confident and it comes across

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you know she said but if y 'all would have had

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this competition for us when i was here i would

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have taken home the gold there you go Give her

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:10.119
the buck. And the championship belt. Yeah, no

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:12.220
kidding. I saw that belt, man. I saw that gentleman

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holding it. I'm like, dude, that is, that is

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:17.700
freaking awesome. That is awesome. Don't worry,

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:22.059
we're going to get our own champion. Doesn't

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matter. We're getting one. everyone else with

00:23:24.650 --> 00:23:26.410
your face on it right buddy absolutely yeah of

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course never fails but uh that's awesome man

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i mean in each institute like you said you guys

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are based in la jolla i believe the world was

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the champions of world war was la jolla high

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school high school okay all right now a great

00:23:41.670 --> 00:23:46.269
team each school or institute y 'all have they

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all have their their different uh There's some

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:51.859
similar courses that they offer, but when it

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:53.640
comes to trades, we're just slightly different.

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But we operate within our communities. We do

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a lot of community events. And part of what we

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:03.039
do is give back to the community in any way possible.

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:06.619
For example, we had what we call BYOB, know what

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:11.380
you think, in August. You almost had me. I was

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:15.160
almost there. Just go for it. Bring your own

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:19.430
backpack. Where we had about 800. families from

00:24:19.430 --> 00:24:21.329
the community, 800 students kind of walked through

00:24:21.329 --> 00:24:24.210
our doors and we gave out, you know, free food

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and also back supplies or school supplies. We

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do things like that all the time. We have one

00:24:33.349 --> 00:24:35.369
upcoming. We partnered with Goodwill Industries

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to do a trunker treat this year to where it's

00:24:40.250 --> 00:24:42.569
a combination, a donation drive from Goodwill.

00:24:42.710 --> 00:24:45.710
But also it's just a fun event for the community,

00:24:45.710 --> 00:24:48.230
you know, to come out there safe. safe environment

00:24:48.230 --> 00:24:50.529
for the kids to come enjoy, you know, the games

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that we have, the activities and get some free

00:24:52.730 --> 00:24:55.710
candy and just have, you know, a good time with

00:24:55.710 --> 00:24:58.069
the festivities we have going on. So that's taking

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place here in Wessico at our campus on August

00:25:00.829 --> 00:25:02.970
30th. And it's right there outside in the community.

00:25:02.970 --> 00:25:05.509
So we always have a good outcome. We love the

00:25:05.509 --> 00:25:07.450
response that we get from the community here

00:25:07.450 --> 00:25:09.150
in Wessico. I mean, they really show out and

00:25:09.150 --> 00:25:11.849
we really appreciate it. I noticed I like to

00:25:11.849 --> 00:25:13.089
observe my guests when they're sitting down,

00:25:13.109 --> 00:25:14.809
but I've noticed that you're wearing a pin. Here

00:25:14.809 --> 00:25:18.039
we go. Yes. What does that pin signify? Because

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:20.740
I see both of you wearing a pin. Fabian, where's

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:31.579
yours? It's actually a mantra. You know, one

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:36.619
and O. You know what? Win the day. You know,

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.960
at the end of the day. You know, you can have

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:39.759
a bad day one day, but hey, you know what? You

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:42.180
build up enough... one of those every day. You

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:44.640
know, you go to battle, you win every day. So

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:47.140
win the day is what the mantra is. I like that.

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:51.619
That's nice. You always have tomorrow. You get

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:56.640
one of these? We have to work tomorrow. Today's

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:59.019
my day. To do what? I don't know what's gonna

00:25:59.019 --> 00:26:05.500
happen. Something's got to happen. Tomorrow has

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:07.980
to be better than today. Yeah, exactly. You're

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:11.420
way better than the last. I've seen, I forgot

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:13.240
the name of the gentleman, the Navy SEAL who

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:15.119
gave that speech, man, a long time ago. I was

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:17.400
watching on a YouTube channel, a YouTube video.

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:20.819
And he talks about that, you know, how they go

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:23.220
through different steps of being a Navy SEAL.

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:25.039
And the number one step, first one is making

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:27.599
your bed every morning. And I never understood

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:29.240
that. I go, OK, make your bed. OK, never make.

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:31.599
It didn't make sense to me. Okay, right every

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:33.180
day He would make his bed every day. Maybe it

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:34.819
had to be nice and straight had to be early You

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:36.460
can bounce the quarter off of it and everything

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:39.559
now. Okay, he never stood neither But the conclusion

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:41.740
of that making your better day. He said everything

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:45.559
might have gone wrong the whole day But you did

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:48.400
one thing right and you made your bed the bed

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:50.240
came out the perfect thing today so that was

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:52.059
the best thing of the day so i'm like this kind

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:53.680
of like the one i know so something like that

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:55.779
so yeah man that's that's beautiful that's that's

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:57.440
awesome that's awesome mine is not burning the

00:26:57.440 --> 00:27:00.900
tortillas in the market you can move beyond that

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:06.720
right here everything else can go straight to

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:10.500
hell but i made a good non -burned tortilla we'll

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:12.839
see how i try to try to have a promising moment

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:15.400
yeah get down from there that's what's beautiful

00:27:18.049 --> 00:27:20.950
So I know you brought us some, by the way we're

00:27:20.950 --> 00:27:23.089
hanging up all this stuff. Even in our buddies

00:27:23.089 --> 00:27:25.430
next door, we're hanging up there too. They put

00:27:25.430 --> 00:27:27.190
a camera over here, we're at number two, right?

00:27:27.230 --> 00:27:29.150
Yeah, number two. They came and gave us some

00:27:29.150 --> 00:27:31.009
of these little bad boys here. These are handful,

00:27:31.069 --> 00:27:33.470
man. Really cool pins. Finally something for

00:27:33.470 --> 00:27:35.450
the wall. We'll put it right here. Look at that

00:27:35.450 --> 00:27:37.450
right there. Yeah, that's a good, nice there.

00:27:38.150 --> 00:27:40.009
And I saw you brought some more stuff with us.

00:27:40.630 --> 00:27:44.029
This is awesome. This is great. Thank you so

00:27:44.029 --> 00:27:47.089
much. I'll use that language for work, for sure.

00:27:48.109 --> 00:27:49.950
And I'll throw the frisbee to two later on after

00:27:49.950 --> 00:27:55.509
the show. Can't do it with your mouth. No, but

00:27:55.509 --> 00:27:58.170
as to something else I was going to ask you right

00:27:58.170 --> 00:28:05.230
now also. Hey, no problem. So you say for anybody

00:28:05.230 --> 00:28:06.930
coming to this, it doesn't matter what age. It

00:28:06.930 --> 00:28:08.809
doesn't matter what age as long as they hold

00:28:08.809 --> 00:28:11.990
a high school diploma or GD. okay um even at

00:28:11.990 --> 00:28:14.410
that for individuals that do not have not completed

00:28:14.410 --> 00:28:18.730
their high school program um we also offer in

00:28:18.730 --> 00:28:21.269
coral high school which allows them to be able

00:28:21.269 --> 00:28:23.690
to go online and earn the credits needed for

00:28:23.690 --> 00:28:26.609
them to earn their high school and accredited

00:28:26.609 --> 00:28:32.410
high school diploma wow and that is online that's

00:28:32.410 --> 00:28:35.710
something That's something new. That would be

00:28:35.710 --> 00:28:37.849
so very helpful to a lot of children. Yes, absolutely.

00:28:38.009 --> 00:28:41.750
Because I know that there are reasons people

00:28:41.750 --> 00:28:44.009
may not make it all the way through high school

00:28:44.009 --> 00:28:47.230
to complete their education. And that's really

00:28:47.230 --> 00:28:50.569
like a big roadblock to them. They just can't

00:28:50.569 --> 00:28:53.849
get past that. I didn't finish high school, so

00:28:53.849 --> 00:28:56.849
I'm just going to be a taxi driver or something.

00:28:57.250 --> 00:29:00.210
Nothing wrong with that. But if they want to

00:29:00.210 --> 00:29:04.029
improve... That is really, you know, that's really

00:29:04.029 --> 00:29:05.950
a light that they can look forward to completing

00:29:05.950 --> 00:29:08.869
their education and then moving forward finally.

00:29:09.289 --> 00:29:11.829
You have the option of, you know, either enrolling

00:29:11.829 --> 00:29:15.589
at our campus or they can attend any university

00:29:15.589 --> 00:29:18.410
or college of their choice. Oh, so that adds

00:29:18.410 --> 00:29:20.869
on. Is it sort of like a college credit or something

00:29:20.869 --> 00:29:23.490
like that? How does that work? No, it would be

00:29:23.490 --> 00:29:25.750
a high school diploma. With that, they can go

00:29:25.750 --> 00:29:28.410
to any college and then go out. Oh, I understand.

00:29:29.309 --> 00:29:30.829
All right. All right. Well, that's pretty cool.

00:29:31.049 --> 00:29:35.009
I mean, to have that option, because I know sometimes

00:29:35.009 --> 00:29:37.430
there are a couple of students through the years,

00:29:37.450 --> 00:29:39.589
you know, they go through a rough patch and they

00:29:39.589 --> 00:29:41.470
say, you know what, high school isn't for me.

00:29:41.869 --> 00:29:44.109
They go off, get a job, do what they got to do.

00:29:44.250 --> 00:29:45.349
And then so, you know what, I wish I could go

00:29:45.349 --> 00:29:48.660
back. and some lean towards the GED. That was

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:51.519
always the option. Yeah, we always knew brainiacs

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:53.140
out there. They were like, you know what? I'm

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:54.579
too smart for this school. I'm going to get a

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:56.380
GED. I'm going to get out of here. Yeah, exactly.

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:58.859
And that never really worked out. And you're

00:29:58.859 --> 00:30:02.779
still working at the show cake. But yeah. Nothing

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.759
wrong with working at the show cake. No, no,

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:05.920
nothing wrong. That's your dream job. Yeah, but

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:08.019
you know you can do better for yourself. Yeah,

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:10.619
exactly. That option for say, you know what?

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:12.779
Maybe I should go back and get my diploma. Maybe

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:15.640
I should try jump online and do that because

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:19.680
I know a while back my mom went into get her

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:22.039
GED also, you know, she she wanted to finish

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:23.859
and I believe she did finish and she did get

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:27.019
the GED after all. I believe so. But this is

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:30.579
something. you know, great for young men, young

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:33.460
ladies that decide, you know what, like you said,

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:35.740
smart guys, smart girls, yeah, I'm too good for

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:38.279
this, I'm like, I wanna leave. And they go off

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.799
in the wonder of, oh, and then they realize,

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:42.559
man, that was a big mistake. I need to go back

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:44.759
and get, you know, like I said, the first thing,

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:48.079
GED. But now you're saying an actual high school

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:50.500
diploma. That is awesome. And on a daily basis,

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:53.619
we come across individuals that are not confident

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:56.420
about, you know, either earning their high school

00:30:56.420 --> 00:31:00.619
diploma or obtaining a degree in welding or medical

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:03.619
field. But a lot of things that we do at the

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:06.359
campus level is we have a lot of support, a lot

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:09.319
of encouragement, motivation to allow them to

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:11.900
be able to take the next step. It can be the

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:16.559
scariest thing. Once they get their foot in the

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:19.019
door and they find that they have the support

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:21.859
at the campus, then it makes it a lot easier

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:24.740
for them. That's awesome. See, that's another

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:26.460
thing that people don't really talk about is

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:28.400
sometimes you need support. You need to know

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:31.799
that it is okay that you didn't, you're not where

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:35.440
you thought you'd be. Exactly. It is okay where

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:38.240
you are and you want to do better and we see

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:42.769
you and we want to help you. And now on, you

00:31:42.769 --> 00:31:46.369
know, kind of on that subject, the big question

00:31:46.369 --> 00:31:49.329
is, how do we pay for this? You know, tell us

00:31:49.329 --> 00:31:53.109
about financial aid. How easy is it? What do

00:31:53.109 --> 00:31:55.529
people need to know about that? Very good question.

00:31:55.890 --> 00:31:57.730
Yeah, that's one that's everybody's mind, the

00:31:57.730 --> 00:31:59.890
financial aid thing. How does that work? We are

00:31:59.890 --> 00:32:02.430
federally funded, so we do offer financial aid,

00:32:02.690 --> 00:32:04.730
just like any other university or college, and

00:32:04.730 --> 00:32:07.960
that was through different programs. We offer

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:10.279
the FAFSA, which allows you to be able to apply

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:12.640
for Pell Grants, SEOG Grants, student loans,

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:14.740
monthly payments. So we have different payment

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:18.940
options. Many times individuals just are afraid

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:21.160
of asking, but once they find that they meet

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:23.420
with a financial aid officer at our campus one

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:26.200
-on -one, they're able to find out that there's

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:28.640
areas or opportunities for them to be able to

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:31.079
apply for that, as well as scholarships that

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:33.720
we offer at the campus. So there's many different

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:36.599
ways. It's just a matter of... just walking into

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:39.000
the campus, speaking with a financial aid officer

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:42.940
and we can, you know, give them a payment plan

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:45.420
which is accessible for them to be able to handle.

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:48.319
And then the grant that they would be, that they

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:50.319
could apply for, that would be dependent on the

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:52.339
field that they want to go into, or? The scholarships

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:54.160
and grants, yeah. So like, you know, high school

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:55.960
graduates get a grant. There's certain, you know,

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:58.299
criterias, but there's some, for some of the

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:59.619
scholarships, there's a little bit of, you know,

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:01.720
an application process. You know, they have to

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:03.799
put something into it. You know, they have to

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:05.660
write an essay letting us know why they chose

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:07.740
that career field, why it means so much. And,

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:09.660
you know, it's reviewed based off of that. So,

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:11.819
you know, there's certain categories or criteria

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:14.359
in order for them to get that. But even in addition

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:16.470
to that, you know, We really try to do the right

00:33:16.470 --> 00:33:18.109
thing for the right reasons, right? You know,

00:33:18.210 --> 00:33:20.470
as far as trying to remove barriers and really

00:33:20.470 --> 00:33:23.230
helping out these students. So we have a great,

00:33:23.230 --> 00:33:26.190
you know. community resources available for our

00:33:26.190 --> 00:33:27.329
students, you know, we have partnerships with

00:33:27.329 --> 00:33:29.710
all community service agencies, you know, workforce

00:33:29.710 --> 00:33:33.710
also offers a WIOA grants to help support the

00:33:33.710 --> 00:33:35.329
students funding while they're going, you know,

00:33:35.390 --> 00:33:37.609
to help pay for their tuition, but also while

00:33:37.609 --> 00:33:40.369
they're going to school to help, you know, with

00:33:40.369 --> 00:33:42.890
support services, you know, transportation assistance,

00:33:43.069 --> 00:33:45.230
rental assistance, all these other options. So

00:33:45.230 --> 00:33:47.589
we have a great partnership with them to help

00:33:47.589 --> 00:33:49.930
support our students because we know that once

00:33:49.930 --> 00:33:51.609
again, they're trying to improve the quality

00:33:51.609 --> 00:33:53.509
of their life. You know, they're encountering

00:33:53.549 --> 00:33:55.549
and we're trying to connect with those opportunities

00:33:55.549 --> 00:33:58.910
because we know that at the end of the day, it's

00:33:58.910 --> 00:34:01.589
all in the best interest of the student to improve

00:34:01.589 --> 00:34:03.769
their life and quality of life, but then also

00:34:03.769 --> 00:34:06.710
become active contributing citizens here in our

00:34:06.710 --> 00:34:09.150
communities. That's awesome, man. That's awesome.

00:34:09.469 --> 00:34:10.989
We're going to stop pausing that note because

00:34:10.989 --> 00:34:13.869
we got sponsors. We got to take care of today,

00:34:14.250 --> 00:34:15.369
so I'm going to go ahead and change the camera

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over here to these. Two handsome men right here.

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But first off, first off, a big shout out to

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the construction guys, residential commercial.

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I can't believe they went in. And construction

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guys, these guys are a great company. Tony does

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:37.199
a great job of craftsmanship, you know, building

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:41.400
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00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:43.889
renovation. These guys do it all, man. And I

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know there'll be sponsors also with their concrete

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Tony, if you're watching, keep an eye out, man,

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with these Votek guys. They got prospects. I

00:34:55.789 --> 00:34:57.429
know you're always looking for great plumbers,

00:34:57.769 --> 00:34:59.989
great electricians. This is where you need to

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It's been crazy the last couple days, especially

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October. He's getting lazy, Fred. Yes, I am ready.

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right here to the corn maze and Donna They'll

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be open already on Friday Saturday and Sunday

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two free tickets. Who might give the ticket to?

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I don't know. I don't know. I guess. Here you

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go. Here's your free ticket, buddy. I'm not going

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:41.440
for that. Take your kid. All right, you're right

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:43.139
there. We'll see. Well, maybe we'll raffle them

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:45.500
off. I don't know. But yeah, they came over to

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:47.099
the shop today, dropped it off. They'll be open

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:50.860
Friday, Saturdays, and Sundays. Fun for all families,

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:53.320
kids and adults. And don't forget, Halloween's

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:55.940
around the corner, guys. They do have a little

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:57.980
spooky section for the family to go entertain

00:37:57.980 --> 00:38:00.409
themselves. So you might want to... jump in and

00:38:00.409 --> 00:38:03.300
have some of that. You better get in early, because

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:05.079
that place is going to be packed. Super packed.

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:09.780
I'm not sure that drive -thru car wash is already

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:11.280
packed or not. I'm not sure if they already started

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:13.719
already. I don't know either, dude. Maybe. I

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:15.300
don't know. Last year was just horrible. The

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:19.219
line was ridiculous. But anyways, back to our

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:20.860
guest here. We have him back on our podcast.

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:23.300
Thank you for the long, the hesitant wait there,

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:25.900
guys. I'm sorry. I apologize. Sorry, we scared

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:29.840
you. It's just something we got to do. So being

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:34.420
in the October. month, October 2nd, to be precise.

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:39.320
We like to talk a little bit of Halloween. Basically,

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:41.360
everybody, when Halloween starts, everybody starts

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:44.039
watching scary movies. Everybody's into scary

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:45.659
movies, everybody likes to watch their favorite

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:48.900
scary movie. My question, from left to right,

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:51.679
or from, yeah, left to right, yeah. No, my right

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:53.320
to left, or your left to right. You know what

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:54.820
I'm talking about. Oh my gosh. That's a good

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:58.110
question. I'll get into it, let me warm up, I'm

00:38:58.110 --> 00:39:00.230
like a pitcher, I'm warming up. Here comes the

00:39:00.230 --> 00:39:06.750
curve. Favorite scary movie of all time. Go ahead,

00:39:06.869 --> 00:39:10.369
which one is it? I'm gonna be completely honest

00:39:10.369 --> 00:39:15.039
with you. I do not like scary movies. Ever since

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:18.179
I saw The Exorcist, that's all I have to say.

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:24.099
That's all you have to say? I can't. When I saw

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:26.860
that movie for the first time, I know my parents

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:29.639
had just... I think there used to be a... I think

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:31.500
it was at Perry's here down here in west. It

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:35.420
was a long time ago. My dad rented that VHS thing

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:38.239
or the beta. Oh, yeah. You know what I'm talking

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:41.280
about? Yeah. And my dad or somebody, I mean,

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:43.400
I said he said he just grabbed it and he gets

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:45.340
home and he was he got three movies because it

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:47.079
was a package deal. Three movies in the VCR.

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:49.159
He's paid for so much for one day. Yeah. So he

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:51.960
had to knock out three movies in one day. So.

00:39:52.690 --> 00:39:54.769
We watched the first two. I didn't really like

00:39:54.769 --> 00:39:57.010
the last one. It was already later on. We're

00:39:57.010 --> 00:39:58.989
gonna see a scary movie. My mom said, I was like,

00:39:58.989 --> 00:40:02.329
oh, I think it was like maybe seven, seven, eight

00:40:02.329 --> 00:40:03.869
years old, I think. I don't really remember.

00:40:04.230 --> 00:40:05.949
She slaps it in there and it starts happening.

00:40:06.190 --> 00:40:08.250
It starts out with like, what the heck is this?

00:40:08.730 --> 00:40:10.949
And then, you know, it so goes on and so forth.

00:40:10.969 --> 00:40:12.869
Then the little girl gets possessed and all that.

00:40:14.449 --> 00:40:18.010
Oh my God. Ladies and gentlemen, I went to church

00:40:18.010 --> 00:40:24.739
for four months straight. i was traumatized i

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:27.300
think the first time i saw that that movie i

00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:29.760
i noked out when she like spider crawled down

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:31.440
the stairs oh that was the new the new the new

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:33.280
one when she does the spider crawl the new one

00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:36.280
yeah yeah yeah yeah that was the most trippiest

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:42.920
thing so none for me so never get it up i'm done

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:44.480
well you at least should kept yourself at the

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:50.469
right movie here sure It had to be The Exorcist,

00:40:50.590 --> 00:40:52.829
you know, although she said that, yeah, The Exorcist.

00:40:52.989 --> 00:40:54.789
I mean, I loved it as a kid. Well, I was terrified

00:40:54.789 --> 00:40:58.010
of it as an ultimate horror movie. But then also

00:40:58.010 --> 00:41:04.690
the original Salem's Lot as a kid that was scared

00:41:04.690 --> 00:41:06.469
the living daylights of, you know, let's get

00:41:06.469 --> 00:41:09.670
the little kid knocking on the window. I mean,

00:41:10.230 --> 00:41:13.110
I was probably about eight years old. Never should

00:41:13.110 --> 00:41:20.659
have missed the window. That's a very good one,

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:23.000
man. They released a new one, I'm mistaken, right?

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:25.159
Correct. I know you want to go see that one,

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:28.079
too? Yeah. The new Salem's Lot? How was that?

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:31.989
It was terrible. It was terrible! Well, just

00:41:31.989 --> 00:41:37.150
to be honest, it was terrible. It was crap, yeah.

00:41:38.170 --> 00:41:40.269
We always expect more on the remakes, but they

00:41:40.269 --> 00:41:43.590
can never live up to the original. It doesn't

00:41:43.590 --> 00:41:46.630
have the same kick and zing of the original.

00:41:47.090 --> 00:41:49.449
I've seen it before, it was done better the last

00:41:49.449 --> 00:41:53.409
time. That's my opinion. And I'll take that opinion

00:41:53.409 --> 00:42:00.519
as a result. I think the exorcist because I never

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:03.320
watched a movie after that. I don't like horror

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:08.420
movies. So all movies. That was the one I did

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:12.119
for you. I like Fabian's look over here. He's

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:13.900
like, oh, I've got one for you guys. I've got

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:16.539
one for you guys. Check this out. Showgirls.

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:23.739
Mean girls. Mean girls. That was terrifying for

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:35.659
me too. Now I wear pink every Wednesday. Honestly,

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:39.800
when I was a child, I watched The Exorcist as

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:42.139
well. I was in Mexico actually when I watched

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:45.699
it. That was scary. So I closed my eyes half

00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:50.980
the movie. How was the movie? It was great. It

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:59.610
sounded amazing. Okay, now here's the next question

00:42:59.610 --> 00:43:03.530
worst Scary movie that you was like, why did

00:43:03.530 --> 00:43:06.030
he even make this film? I mean, I know you said

00:43:06.030 --> 00:43:08.690
no more for you. So you're tapped out. Yeah,

00:43:08.690 --> 00:43:11.449
you're tapped out I know there had to be one

00:43:11.449 --> 00:43:13.969
scary reason, you know wasn't even a scary movie.

00:43:13.969 --> 00:43:39.969
This is an old -school movie killer clowns I'll

00:43:39.969 --> 00:43:43.869
give you one right now. Do you have one? Maybe

00:43:43.869 --> 00:44:05.420
The Leprechaun? Come on man give me one I Don't

00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:10.820
know. I think like Jason it was just I just I

00:44:10.820 --> 00:44:17.199
just feel like It's like, she meets him. It's

00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:19.539
a bard. Yeah, it's like, it's stupid. Just, you

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:22.239
know, like, run. Yeah, what's going on with that?

00:44:23.179 --> 00:44:26.079
I hear you, man. I go, worst horror movie, bro.

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:29.360
I'll bet you give me one right now. You know

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:31.340
what? I'm just going to say Paranormal Activity,

00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:35.280
dude. I didn't really. Really? Yeah. Like, the

00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:38.219
first one, OK, it was pretty good. It was original.

00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:40.519
You know, it was something new. It got me. I'm

00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:42.300
not going to lie. OK. But after that, it was

00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:45.389
just like... Come on. Yeah, what happened? I

00:44:45.389 --> 00:44:48.090
got you. I got you. Yeah, so where's the electric?

00:44:48.630 --> 00:44:51.090
Worst movie I had ever seen I still remember

00:44:51.090 --> 00:44:56.710
seeing it on the Elvira show back in the 80s

00:44:56.710 --> 00:45:01.750
Attack of the killer tomatoes that was the weirdest

00:45:01.750 --> 00:45:09.559
and dumbest movie It's killer tomatoes Exactly

00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:12.019
what the title says, attack of the killer tomatoes.

00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:13.980
There were people right in the streets and there

00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:15.800
were little tomatoes rolling, and they would

00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:17.460
eat each other, eat a human, it would get bigger,

00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:19.019
and they'd get bigger. By the time the movie

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:21.139
was like a tomato puff, this big, rolling down

00:45:21.139 --> 00:45:23.079
the streets just eating people. Like the blob.

00:45:23.900 --> 00:45:27.059
That's another great movie. Only more rich in

00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:30.360
vitamin C. It's like they squashed a needle today

00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:41.429
and not turned into a blob. What were your thoughts

00:45:41.429 --> 00:45:44.449
on the Blair Witch Project? I remember there

00:45:44.449 --> 00:45:46.789
was a big hype when it first came out. They didn't

00:45:46.789 --> 00:45:48.510
have any of those daters here. The closest to

00:45:48.510 --> 00:45:51.010
the valley was in Corpus Christi. Right. Right.

00:45:51.730 --> 00:45:53.530
When I... Well, you want to answer this first?

00:45:54.530 --> 00:45:57.750
I was just going to say, frankly, in my opinion,

00:45:57.769 --> 00:46:00.530
it was overblown. You think so? Yeah. I mean,

00:46:00.590 --> 00:46:05.119
there was some good... moments, but overall,

00:46:05.280 --> 00:46:08.179
I mean, it was just overblown. It wasn't anywhere

00:46:08.179 --> 00:46:12.380
near the level of horror that they were saying,

00:46:12.619 --> 00:46:15.559
like, oh, it's the tech, this, is it? No, it

00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:21.179
wasn't. I mean, especially with the ending, like,

00:46:21.500 --> 00:46:25.119
no, it was way overblown. I'm going to be really

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:27.619
honest with you, man. I kind of have my open

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:30.480
mind when it comes to movies. I'm really open

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:34.210
minded. I want to see what it is. I want to see

00:46:34.210 --> 00:46:36.989
what it's about. And when I saw, I went in with

00:46:36.989 --> 00:46:38.389
an open mind to watch Blair Witch Project. I

00:46:38.389 --> 00:46:40.269
saw it at the theater, actually. It was, my wife

00:46:40.269 --> 00:46:43.670
and I went in to go check it out. And we were

00:46:43.670 --> 00:46:45.769
watching it. At first, you know, okay, couple

00:46:45.769 --> 00:46:47.789
of college kids, they're gonna go on to, they're

00:46:47.789 --> 00:46:50.329
going camping. They want to go look for the Blair

00:46:50.329 --> 00:46:52.550
Witch or whatever, you know. Then you see these

00:46:52.550 --> 00:46:54.829
sticks. I don't know what the play's going on,

00:46:55.030 --> 00:47:13.099
man. And then all of a sudden you see the rough,

00:47:13.139 --> 00:47:14.340
when they're in the tent, it starts ruffling,

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:17.000
I'm like, okay, this is not going anywhere. What's

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:18.719
going on? And then you see them running, and

00:47:18.719 --> 00:47:19.980
you see the boogers come out of the girl's nose,

00:47:20.219 --> 00:47:21.179
and they're running to the town, they find a

00:47:21.179 --> 00:47:22.420
little tower, and they get in, then the guy's

00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:24.679
standing in the corner, and then that's it, I'm

00:47:24.679 --> 00:47:30.750
like. I paid seven bucks for this. I could do

00:47:30.750 --> 00:47:33.650
the same movie. I could make the same thing.

00:47:34.429 --> 00:47:37.210
And these guys became millionaires during this

00:47:37.210 --> 00:47:39.130
movie. That was so crazy. And then they tried

00:47:39.130 --> 00:47:42.050
to do a Blair Witch 2. And then the re -wagging

00:47:42.050 --> 00:47:44.849
of Blair Witch. Oh my gosh, it was... And what

00:47:44.849 --> 00:47:46.590
did you do? It was just garbage. It was garbage.

00:47:46.809 --> 00:47:50.239
It was literally garbage, garbage guys. But anyways...

00:47:50.239 --> 00:47:53.239
If I could make a recommendation since everyone

00:47:53.239 --> 00:48:00.500
loves terrible movies here I recently learned

00:48:00.500 --> 00:48:07.760
of a movie called rubber Now I've heard it I've

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:16.550
heard about believe it or not. Yes What are you

00:48:16.550 --> 00:48:20.329
talking about? It has all the earmarks of a classic,

00:48:20.929 --> 00:48:25.309
you know, a future classic. OK. It is about a

00:48:25.309 --> 00:48:31.550
sentient tire. A tire that comes to life and

00:48:31.550 --> 00:48:35.329
starts killing people. A tire. Yes, a tire. We're

00:48:35.329 --> 00:48:38.010
talking about a car tire. It looks like a car

00:48:38.010 --> 00:48:44.710
tire, yes. With good tread. It's not one of these

00:48:44.710 --> 00:48:46.489
junk tires that people toss aside. It's not the

00:48:46.489 --> 00:48:49.409
one you pick up at Pete's Tire. It's a good tire.

00:48:50.010 --> 00:48:52.889
It's got full tread. It probably even has a warranty

00:48:52.889 --> 00:48:55.989
on it. It has a warranty on it! Two years, two

00:48:55.989 --> 00:49:00.349
years. Ten thousand miles more. Trying to keep

00:49:00.349 --> 00:49:04.070
it real here, people. It calms the life, and

00:49:04.070 --> 00:49:08.409
for tire reasons, starts killing people. That

00:49:08.409 --> 00:49:11.059
is. You know, it's so weird I'm probably gonna

00:49:11.059 --> 00:49:21.199
look up today I think I think the lady say, you

00:49:21.199 --> 00:49:28.239
know what we might give her one more time Really?

00:49:28.380 --> 00:49:29.780
Because I heard her saying like, we shouldn't

00:49:29.780 --> 00:49:31.860
have come here. What are we still doing here?

00:49:32.059 --> 00:49:35.440
Why are we still talking? The tour is locked.

00:49:35.579 --> 00:49:37.679
The tour is locked. We can't leave. We can't

00:49:37.679 --> 00:49:42.079
leave. That's right. It's a new harbor. No, guys.

00:49:42.840 --> 00:49:44.699
First of all, we're 49 minutes in. We're coming

00:49:44.699 --> 00:49:48.559
around close to an hour already. I don't know

00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:50.099
if there's anything on the table you want to

00:49:50.099 --> 00:49:53.380
let the audience know about, you know, for the

00:49:53.380 --> 00:49:55.420
school. I mean, anything coming up that you want

00:49:55.420 --> 00:49:59.159
to talk to us about? I always welcome anyone

00:49:59.159 --> 00:50:01.320
that's interested in joining one of our programs.

00:50:01.780 --> 00:50:04.639
Give us a call, stop by, get a tour of the campus,

00:50:05.400 --> 00:50:09.300
and if we're the right fit, you know, just take

00:50:09.300 --> 00:50:11.500
care of your registration. And if we're not,

00:50:11.800 --> 00:50:13.360
we're still going to provide support maybe to

00:50:13.360 --> 00:50:15.719
our sister schools or any other university or

00:50:15.719 --> 00:50:18.599
college, but get going, do something. Right.

00:50:18.820 --> 00:50:21.400
Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, for real. I'd like to

00:50:21.400 --> 00:50:23.139
encourage everybody to follow us on social media.

00:50:23.280 --> 00:50:26.639
We always have events that we contribute back

00:50:26.639 --> 00:50:29.050
to the community. and we try to engage the community.

00:50:29.329 --> 00:50:32.550
We have our trunk retreat coming up on October

00:50:32.550 --> 00:50:35.789
30th on Thursday from four to seven, partnering

00:50:35.789 --> 00:50:37.969
with Goodwill Industries. So if y 'all have some

00:50:37.969 --> 00:50:39.570
items you want to go ahead and donate to Goodwill,

00:50:39.610 --> 00:50:42.369
you don't have to drive down the road to the

00:50:42.369 --> 00:50:44.289
neighboring town, just come to our campus. They're

00:50:44.289 --> 00:50:46.550
going to be there collecting these items. And

00:50:46.550 --> 00:50:48.329
come by, bring your kids. We're going to have

00:50:48.329 --> 00:50:50.989
some Halloween costume contest, free candies,

00:50:51.210 --> 00:50:53.980
food, good time. So come on out. Yeah, excellent.

00:50:54.380 --> 00:50:59.579
We do have amazing faculty instructors with many

00:50:59.579 --> 00:51:02.800
years of experience in their field. So like Ms.

00:51:02.960 --> 00:51:05.480
Calna says, you know, we welcome anybody to come

00:51:05.480 --> 00:51:07.900
in. We do have bring a friend day so they can

00:51:07.900 --> 00:51:10.400
even sit inside the classroom to audit the classes,

00:51:10.400 --> 00:51:14.460
you know, before or during the tour. So, you

00:51:14.460 --> 00:51:17.800
know, we can we invite them to come in and check

00:51:17.800 --> 00:51:21.360
out the classes. Same thing for career services.

00:51:21.400 --> 00:51:23.880
You know, the team is amazing. They really go

00:51:23.880 --> 00:51:25.539
all out trying to connect with those employers

00:51:25.539 --> 00:51:28.119
and making sure that you know they're coming

00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:30.139
in to give presentations to students so that

00:51:30.139 --> 00:51:32.320
they know what what they're looking for in their

00:51:32.320 --> 00:51:35.280
industry so they get to meet the employers and

00:51:35.280 --> 00:51:37.460
get to talk to them and then you know they're

00:51:37.460 --> 00:51:40.099
never left them throughout their entire process

00:51:40.099 --> 00:51:42.139
and education all the way through employment

00:51:42.139 --> 00:51:44.440
we're always there to support. Awesome, awesome

00:51:44.440 --> 00:51:47.320
and one last thing if I may we have weld wars

00:51:47.320 --> 00:51:50.679
in 2026 coming up. You know, another competition,

00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:52.440
it's going to be great. I anticipate it being

00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:54.579
bigger, better, more schools participating this

00:51:54.579 --> 00:51:57.599
year. We're looking at March 28th. It's on a

00:51:57.599 --> 00:51:59.019
Saturday. Make sure you say that to us so we

00:51:59.019 --> 00:52:00.880
can promote it in our... Yes, most definitely.

00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:02.679
We'd like to have you all come by, be available

00:52:02.679 --> 00:52:04.960
during that time. Or if you guys want to come

00:52:04.960 --> 00:52:07.239
back, you know, before that. It's a new day.

00:52:08.139 --> 00:52:14.150
Don't answer the calls, don't answer them. All

00:52:14.150 --> 00:52:18.030
right, I'll be the judge. I like the spinners.

00:52:18.909 --> 00:52:23.949
The spinners work. The hydraulics, maybe. Just

00:52:23.949 --> 00:52:28.010
for references, guys, have that actually QR code

00:52:28.010 --> 00:52:29.909
right on the screen, guys. If you want to follow

00:52:29.909 --> 00:52:32.670
everything that's going on in the school, click

00:52:32.670 --> 00:52:34.489
on that QR code. It'll take you straight to them,

00:52:34.570 --> 00:52:36.510
let you know what's going on exactly, what day,

00:52:36.630 --> 00:52:39.179
what month, and what time. So give them, check

00:52:39.179 --> 00:52:41.340
that out. You were talking about bring a friend

00:52:41.340 --> 00:52:45.300
today. I suggest when you come over and you meet

00:52:45.300 --> 00:52:48.219
Miss Scarlett Zeroffa, bring Linda Blair. She

00:52:48.219 --> 00:52:51.880
would love to meet her. No. She doesn't know

00:52:51.880 --> 00:52:53.019
who Linda Blair is. You know who Linda Blair

00:52:53.019 --> 00:52:57.480
is? Okay, bring Linda Blair. No. Miss Scarlett,

00:52:57.579 --> 00:53:01.860
that's Linda Blair. Perfect time to see you for

00:53:01.860 --> 00:53:11.539
it. And that's when the ALC comes in. First of

00:53:11.539 --> 00:53:14.559
all guys, I want to say thank you so much for

00:53:14.559 --> 00:53:18.360
coming out. I know Like I said, we've seen the

00:53:18.360 --> 00:53:22.860
show before and and and it's First time we've

00:53:22.860 --> 00:53:28.079
had an actual school in our in our podcast It's

00:53:28.079 --> 00:53:29.860
it's a lot of great information, especially for

00:53:29.860 --> 00:53:32.039
me. I'm pretty sure for two also We have families

00:53:32.039 --> 00:53:34.000
and friends that are always looking for the next

00:53:34.000 --> 00:53:36.219
best thing to do something different, you know

00:53:36.219 --> 00:53:39.179
and You know, we also have young ones who are

00:53:39.179 --> 00:53:41.570
you know about the who maybe are a little lost

00:53:41.570 --> 00:53:43.329
right now because you know they're they're thinking

00:53:43.329 --> 00:53:45.869
pretty small you know yeah yeah exactly thinking

00:53:45.869 --> 00:53:47.789
like well i'm just going to work at hp years

00:53:47.789 --> 00:53:50.110
yeah i got you yeah that's fine but if you want

00:53:50.110 --> 00:53:52.469
a real career with a real job and you know if

00:53:52.469 --> 00:53:54.739
you want to be out there making babies and building

00:53:54.739 --> 00:53:56.480
families and stuff. Well, you can't do that.

00:53:56.480 --> 00:54:00.360
You're right. You're doing a neat back up. There's

00:54:00.360 --> 00:54:01.900
nothing better than having a good career. Yeah,

00:54:02.239 --> 00:54:05.360
good grit, strong backbone career, man. And I've

00:54:05.360 --> 00:54:07.159
always said this to my nephews and nieces. I

00:54:07.159 --> 00:54:10.380
mean, when you see a plumber or electrician HVAC,

00:54:10.500 --> 00:54:12.219
these guys, yeah, they're out there working the

00:54:12.219 --> 00:54:13.599
heat with anything. But I'll tell you something

00:54:13.599 --> 00:54:16.199
right now. those guys will never go hungry because

00:54:16.199 --> 00:54:18.179
there's always a job out there looking for them.

00:54:19.179 --> 00:54:20.739
Especially here in the Valley. That's one thing

00:54:20.739 --> 00:54:23.480
I would have loved. I could probably still do

00:54:23.480 --> 00:54:25.420
it. I would love to see if there's an online

00:54:25.420 --> 00:54:29.500
class or go to a class to do HMAC. HMAC has always

00:54:29.500 --> 00:54:32.679
interested me a lot. So I would love to learn

00:54:32.679 --> 00:54:36.369
more about that. Yeah, this information today's

00:54:36.369 --> 00:54:39.309
podcast, if you guys are listening, either if

00:54:39.309 --> 00:54:42.110
you're listening from New York, LA, Florida,

00:54:42.329 --> 00:54:43.849
anywhere all over the United States, even across

00:54:43.849 --> 00:54:46.030
the world. If you're listening right now, don't

00:54:46.030 --> 00:54:48.210
be afraid to look them up. Get some information.

00:54:48.369 --> 00:54:50.190
I'm pretty sure they can reach out back to you

00:54:50.190 --> 00:54:52.170
and give you a little bit info what you need

00:54:52.170 --> 00:54:55.190
to do or what you can to be a part of that school

00:54:55.190 --> 00:54:57.610
or something close to what their school is like

00:54:57.610 --> 00:55:00.170
with different options, something like that.

00:55:00.250 --> 00:55:01.909
Don't be afraid to reach out. Yeah, reach out

00:55:01.909 --> 00:55:05.360
for information. because that can also help you

00:55:05.360 --> 00:55:07.860
decide what career you want to have. Exactly.

00:55:09.119 --> 00:55:12.280
Exactly. Yeah, man. But anyways, guys, great

00:55:12.280 --> 00:55:14.340
podcast today. Thank you once again for coming

00:55:14.340 --> 00:55:16.559
out and having some fun with us. Any last words

00:55:16.559 --> 00:55:18.139
you need to say? Thank you for having us here.

00:55:18.239 --> 00:55:21.659
It's been a blast. First podcast, by the way.

00:55:21.880 --> 00:55:25.420
First podcast. You guys, maybe it's almost over.

00:55:26.480 --> 00:55:28.219
Anytime you want to come back, anytime you want

00:55:28.219 --> 00:55:29.760
to talk about something or you want to bring

00:55:29.760 --> 00:55:32.000
students in too, that'd be great. That'd be awesome

00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:35.190
also. We would welcome them. greatly and we appreciate

00:55:35.190 --> 00:55:39.030
you guys appreciate everything you guys are doing

00:55:39.030 --> 00:55:41.969
for not only for the community but for the RGB

00:55:41.969 --> 00:55:45.889
giving uh open doors to people that are you know

00:55:45.889 --> 00:55:48.409
a tough decision when you did it's time to own

00:55:48.409 --> 00:55:50.429
back and try to get something out of it so that

00:55:50.429 --> 00:55:52.349
that's awesome you guys thank you so much you

00:55:52.349 --> 00:55:54.150
guys you guys are doing great things over there

00:55:54.750 --> 00:55:56.690
But other than that, guys, like I said, thank

00:55:56.690 --> 00:55:58.489
you for coming out, having a little fun with

00:55:58.489 --> 00:56:00.449
us. I know it's a little different. For other

00:56:00.449 --> 00:56:01.710
interviews, if you've ever had anything like

00:56:01.710 --> 00:56:03.929
that, this is just more like a laid back, you

00:56:03.929 --> 00:56:06.269
know, next time. I mean, I swear to you, when

00:56:06.269 --> 00:56:08.829
they walked in, I saw that while they're on business

00:56:08.829 --> 00:56:12.650
attire, I'm wearing a flame shirt and you're

00:56:12.650 --> 00:56:16.650
wearing a shirt that says, yeah, no. We are way

00:56:16.650 --> 00:56:21.829
out of our league right now. Oh, did I tell you,

00:56:21.849 --> 00:56:24.320
by the way, guys, in the ropes, We have a special

00:56:24.320 --> 00:56:29.260
guest in January or early December. We don't

00:56:29.260 --> 00:56:30.980
have the enclosed information yet, but we're

00:56:30.980 --> 00:56:32.840
still working on a date to bring this gentleman

00:56:32.840 --> 00:56:34.960
in to get interviewed. I won't let the cat out

00:56:34.960 --> 00:56:37.719
back yet, hopefully to the middle of October,

00:56:37.820 --> 00:56:40.360
mid -October or middle of November. But we have

00:56:40.360 --> 00:56:43.539
a special guest coming in, RGVicon. That's all

00:56:43.539 --> 00:56:47.289
I'm gonna say. You've known him for years. Then

00:56:47.289 --> 00:56:49.610
why bring it up? It's not even like - It's gonna

00:56:49.610 --> 00:56:52.150
make it two days if I drop in hits, dude. Alright?

00:56:52.730 --> 00:56:55.130
Just shut up! Oh my god, you can never let me

00:56:55.130 --> 00:57:02.929
have one! Can I have one up here? One! Is this

00:57:02.929 --> 00:57:04.809
what's gonna be like when we're team driving,

00:57:05.010 --> 00:57:11.030
dude? I don't - Oh my god! Are we there yet,

00:57:11.150 --> 00:57:14.920
dude? Are you in a ditch? In a ditch! Charm the

00:57:14.920 --> 00:57:18.619
podcast. It's all about this. First podcast trucker.

00:57:18.880 --> 00:57:20.800
Well, I gave somebody an idea. Now they get wrong

00:57:20.800 --> 00:57:23.039
with it. But anyways, guys, thank you so much

00:57:23.039 --> 00:57:24.340
for coming out. Have fun with us, man. I hope

00:57:24.340 --> 00:57:26.599
you enjoyed yourselves. All the crazies in here

00:57:26.599 --> 00:57:29.300
that happens every week. This is just it's like

00:57:29.300 --> 00:57:31.840
just sitting down, relaxing, having a glass of

00:57:31.840 --> 00:57:33.940
wine and just talking amongst friends. And I

00:57:33.940 --> 00:57:35.139
appreciate you guys taking the time to hang out

00:57:35.139 --> 00:57:38.300
with us. All right. Thank you so much. Guys,

00:57:38.420 --> 00:57:43.239
this is the podcast for tonight. Episode 263.

00:57:43.360 --> 00:57:46.539
Wow. Yeah, man, you know what the HVAC thing

00:57:46.539 --> 00:57:49.619
looks really good It all sounds good man. I mean

00:57:49.619 --> 00:57:51.639
you there's a there's a lot of information. There's

00:57:51.639 --> 00:57:53.599
a lot of possibilities Yeah, dude. Can you imagine

00:57:53.599 --> 00:57:56.219
I went back and got you got it got my certification

00:57:56.219 --> 00:57:59.900
for electrical certification for welding and

00:57:59.900 --> 00:58:02.380
certification for HVAC do I could turn you into

00:58:02.380 --> 00:58:18.059
a cyborg, dude? Anyways, guys, thank you so much

00:58:18.059 --> 00:58:22.199
for tuning in this week. A very educational podcast

00:58:22.199 --> 00:58:24.800
this week, man. We rarely have few. Bound to

00:58:24.800 --> 00:58:27.760
happen. It was bound to happen. The smart ones

00:58:27.760 --> 00:58:29.599
over there, this one's just not even there. It

00:58:29.599 --> 00:58:31.019
just knows how to do this stuff and I don't even

00:58:31.019 --> 00:58:36.329
know what I'm doing sometimes. Anyways. Guys,

00:58:36.349 --> 00:58:39.329
thank you so much for tuning in this week. Next

00:58:39.329 --> 00:58:44.929
week, we have all in one tax and everything.

00:58:45.110 --> 00:58:46.730
I forgot the name of the company. They're our

00:58:46.730 --> 00:58:49.110
neighbors. They're going to be in here. Next

00:58:49.110 --> 00:58:51.369
week's in Texas. Yeah, tax next week, buddy.

00:58:52.070 --> 00:58:55.530
And how are your taxes? I'm great. Yeah. That's

00:58:55.530 --> 00:58:59.210
the same. But anyways, guys, thank you for tuning

00:58:59.210 --> 00:59:02.130
in. Any last words there, Chum? I'm going to

00:59:02.130 --> 00:59:04.309
be honest with you. I stopped listening after

00:59:04.309 --> 00:59:08.349
someone mentioned free candy. I have no idea

00:59:08.349 --> 00:59:10.110
what happened to the show. Same here. They have

00:59:10.110 --> 00:59:12.449
me as an HVAC. But anyway, ladies and gentlemen,

00:59:12.630 --> 00:59:15.070
thank you so much. Free candy? Where? Sugar.

00:59:15.489 --> 00:59:16.750
This is why you're out. Well, you're right, you

00:59:16.750 --> 00:59:21.329
idiot. Anyways, sign us out. And I will see you

00:59:21.329 --> 00:59:25.250
next week, 7 .30 p .m. Thursday night. Ladies

00:59:25.250 --> 00:59:26.389
and gents, peace out. Bye.