Navigating the Path to Success: Tips for Youth and Parents

100:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,740Dr. William T Choctaw: Ladies andgentlemen, we have a very, very200:00:01,740 --> 00:00:04,039special guest brother Keith Hanson.300:00:04,384 --> 00:00:07,794Who we've known for a number of years,but who's been involved with some very400:00:07,794 --> 00:00:14,204unique activities, specifically involvingeducation and involving our youth.500:00:14,904 --> 00:00:18,834And because we were so impressedwith the work that he has done.600:00:19,254 --> 00:00:23,314We invited him to join uson Healthy, Wealthy and Wise700:00:23,354 --> 00:00:27,884podcast, and he graciously agreedfor him to share some of that.800:00:27,924 --> 00:00:31,264This is about leadership, andthis is, this podcast is part900:00:31,264 --> 00:00:32,934of our Leadership Masterclass.1000:00:33,394 --> 00:00:39,144And so our hope is that as you listen,to the work of Brother Hanson and other1100:00:39,144 --> 00:00:43,644leaders that you too will be inspiredto do something like what he's doing1200:00:44,004 --> 00:00:48,774or just certainly assist him or helphim in doing what he has been doing.1300:00:49,184 --> 00:00:51,224So, welcome again, Brother Hanson.1400:00:51,704 --> 00:00:52,024Thank you.1500:00:52,024 --> 00:00:52,824It's good to be here.1600:00:53,384 --> 00:00:56,954Thank you., so what about the future now?1700:00:57,274 --> 00:01:04,034You're actually here because youmade a presentation at the Men's1800:01:04,094 --> 00:01:06,314Fellowship Council that impressed me.1900:01:06,714 --> 00:01:09,094And I said, wow, those are good ideas.2000:01:09,094 --> 00:01:12,349You know, I need to talk with this guyand find out blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.2100:01:12,499 --> 00:01:16,779And so I guess my point is I think thechallenge now is that those of us who2200:01:16,779 --> 00:01:23,189are of like mind need to work together,whatever that means, to sort of help to2300:01:23,189 --> 00:01:27,619solve the problem because no one personcan do it by himself or by herself.2400:01:28,029 --> 00:01:31,444One, one of the things, a, again,after that meeting the, the2500:01:31,444 --> 00:01:32,974Chief Production Officer, Mr.2600:01:32,974 --> 00:01:37,984Hammonds and I had a conversation,we, we, we had a conversation and2700:01:37,984 --> 00:01:46,304we decided based on that meeting tostart a pod, a youth podcasters club.2800:01:47,679 --> 00:01:51,809That, you know, any youth, doesn'tmatter what church you go to, where you2900:01:51,809 --> 00:01:55,839are, if you're interested in podcastingor learning about it or whatever,3000:01:55,839 --> 00:01:59,239whatever, whatever, you know, contact,go to our website and we'll get you3100:01:59,239 --> 00:02:01,109information and start you on your way.3200:02:01,929 --> 00:02:02,029That's great.3300:02:02,029 --> 00:02:03,419Most of the stuff is free.3400:02:03,794 --> 00:02:07,244You know, you know, like you canstart a podcast for like six months3500:02:07,244 --> 00:02:09,454for free, you know, on and on and on.3600:02:09,654 --> 00:02:11,334But that's just a small part.3700:02:11,904 --> 00:02:15,834The more important part in myjudgment is the focus on education3800:02:15,834 --> 00:02:19,804and, and, and the substantive thingsthat, that can be done with that.3900:02:20,114 --> 00:02:23,924So, you know, how, what, whatelse, what help do you need?4000:02:24,599 --> 00:02:27,829To help you move forward with someof the things that you're doing.4100:02:28,119 --> 00:02:30,789And it's always, it's like thestock market, it's always up and4200:02:30,789 --> 00:02:32,639down, you know, and that's okay.4300:02:33,249 --> 00:02:37,829Keith Hansen: Well, I think getting the,getting the information out there I have4400:02:38,119 --> 00:02:41,699some, and I'll share it, gladly share itwith you guys so that you can pass it on,4500:02:41,709 --> 00:02:46,449do with it as you wish to, to brighten andenlighten some of these people's lives.4600:02:46,769 --> 00:02:50,949But again, to your point, someof the things that I learned4700:02:51,379 --> 00:02:52,879to try to help our kids.4800:02:53,339 --> 00:02:54,549And it can be done anywhere.4900:02:54,969 --> 00:02:58,539When I found out some of our kids thatthings that they wanted to do, I tried5000:02:58,539 --> 00:03:02,019to put them in contact with people thatlook like them, that do what they want to5100:03:02,079 --> 00:03:04,179do so they can know that it's believable.5200:03:04,409 --> 00:03:05,899There was some that wanted to be firemen.5300:03:05,909 --> 00:03:07,089I put them in contact with Mr.5400:03:07,089 --> 00:03:08,699Fonville and some of the others.5500:03:08,699 --> 00:03:12,433One of my relatives, he was a firecaptain for a Compton fire department.5600:03:12,433 --> 00:03:13,659Matter of fact, he worked with Mr.5700:03:13,659 --> 00:03:18,399Fonville and when they saw somebodythat they knew at church or whatever,5800:03:18,729 --> 00:03:20,949it changed, it was very different.5900:03:21,264 --> 00:03:24,624I used to take a matter of fact,one of the ones I did with Doris6000:03:24,624 --> 00:03:29,914Simpson's daughter and Patrick's sonwhen they graduated college, which6100:03:29,914 --> 00:03:32,294I had talked with them and stuffbefore, but when they graduated6200:03:32,294 --> 00:03:33,754college, one had a poli sci degree.6300:03:33,754 --> 00:03:35,494And the other, I believehers is in marketing.6400:03:35,964 --> 00:03:37,574I took them to my job with me.6500:03:37,664 --> 00:03:40,664I work at Metro and they have.6600:03:41,489 --> 00:03:44,059floors of people that doall sorts of things based on6700:03:44,059 --> 00:03:45,189their degrees that they did.6800:03:45,189 --> 00:03:46,66927 floors of people.6900:03:46,889 --> 00:03:50,309So I took them there and I took themto the different departments where7000:03:50,309 --> 00:03:53,409they could utilize their degree andhave them meet people, get business7100:03:53,419 --> 00:03:56,289cards from them so they could talkto them and hear their story, what7200:03:56,289 --> 00:03:57,669they did and how they got there.7300:03:57,999 --> 00:03:59,419And those things make a difference.7400:03:59,529 --> 00:04:01,969There was one of the little girls atchurch, she wanted to be a lawyer.7500:04:01,969 --> 00:04:05,809So I took her there to see a lady namedNedra Jenkins one of the only African7600:04:05,809 --> 00:04:10,909American female lawyers that Metro had of,I think they had about 15, 10, 15 lawyers.7700:04:11,329 --> 00:04:14,029And I asked her before,why do you want to do that?7800:04:14,029 --> 00:04:16,849And she gave me these reasons, whichweren't good ones, but I had to7900:04:16,859 --> 00:04:19,129take her to shore to meet this lady.8000:04:19,669 --> 00:04:20,649And it made a difference.8100:04:20,659 --> 00:04:23,189She was talking about, she's goingto be in court and do this, that,8200:04:23,199 --> 00:04:24,209and the other, make all this money.8300:04:24,209 --> 00:04:27,689But before you get there, Iasked her, do you, how are your8400:04:27,689 --> 00:04:28,829reading and writing skills?8500:04:28,869 --> 00:04:29,859I don't like to write.8600:04:30,279 --> 00:04:34,009I read when I have to so she goesin this lady's office and she's got8700:04:34,009 --> 00:04:38,829stacks of books up and she's writingshe's typing and she's like, wow, when8800:04:38,829 --> 00:04:41,979she started explained to her beforeyou go on stage at court you have a8900:04:41,979 --> 00:04:45,694lot of this background stuff that hasto be done before you get the bright9000:04:45,694 --> 00:04:47,264lights and glamour of going to court.9100:04:47,264 --> 00:04:49,374And she was devastated.9200:04:49,374 --> 00:04:51,244And then she realizedthis isn't for me then.9300:04:51,704 --> 00:04:55,834And so kind of like I tell some of ourkids now when they're not sure exactly9400:04:55,834 --> 00:04:59,504what they want to do, I encourage them togo take the ASVAB test, the arm surface9500:04:59,524 --> 00:05:03,754vocational aptitude battery test for themilitary, not to go into the military.9600:05:04,029 --> 00:05:08,619But if you know, the three of us here,anybody that went in the military, usually9700:05:08,619 --> 00:05:10,849they get a job that they saw and do well.9800:05:11,079 --> 00:05:12,069It's not magic.9900:05:12,069 --> 00:05:15,869How it happens is because of the teststhat they take shows their strengths and10000:05:15,869 --> 00:05:20,729their weaknesses, and they guide them intocareers and jobs where they're strong at.10100:05:20,729 --> 00:05:23,719If they see that they suck at something,they're not going to push them into10200:05:23,719 --> 00:05:25,659that and let them struggle and founder.10300:05:25,659 --> 00:05:30,279And so the same thing, once they take thattest and learn that I'm good at English,10400:05:30,279 --> 00:05:31,889or I'm good at math, or I'm good at.10500:05:32,159 --> 00:05:33,419Mechanics or whatever.10600:05:33,629 --> 00:05:37,249Let's embrace the careers that utilizethose skills that are easy for you10700:05:37,249 --> 00:05:40,679to do and you take it and use itto get something that is scalable,10800:05:40,679 --> 00:05:45,179sustainable and marketable and setyourself up and you'll be fine.10900:05:45,299 --> 00:05:49,659So yeah, there's, there's alot of things we can do again11000:05:49,669 --> 00:05:51,039by sharing the information.11100:05:51,379 --> 00:05:53,559I tell the kids again.11200:05:54,474 --> 00:05:58,854A lot of them talk about money andfinance for college and worry about that.11300:05:58,854 --> 00:06:04,374Like you said, and I said, if you,well, a couple of things I usually11400:06:04,394 --> 00:06:08,164do this presentation and it talksabout the three D's of success.11500:06:08,674 --> 00:06:12,194And I draw this triangle and I tellthem about how a triangle is the11600:06:12,194 --> 00:06:14,254strongest geometrical shape known to man.11700:06:14,254 --> 00:06:16,734It can build and do wonderful things.11800:06:17,014 --> 00:06:20,224I says, and on one side ofthis triangle, you have.11900:06:20,824 --> 00:06:25,664Dedication and the other side,you have determination, but12000:06:25,664 --> 00:06:29,014the base of the triangle thatmakes it strong is discipline.12100:06:29,474 --> 00:06:33,384And without discipline, you willnot be successful in life at all.12200:06:33,704 --> 00:06:36,304It takes discipline to do anything.12300:06:36,304 --> 00:06:38,834And especially matriculatethrough a college campus.12400:06:39,144 --> 00:06:40,434You have to be disciplined.12500:06:40,444 --> 00:06:41,554You have to be focused.12600:06:41,614 --> 00:06:43,864You have to be deliberate andyou have to be intentional.12700:06:44,054 --> 00:06:46,274And you can do that nowas high school students.12800:06:46,644 --> 00:06:50,534Take ownership of your educationand drive it where it needs to go.12900:06:51,054 --> 00:06:51,304So13000:06:51,594 --> 00:06:54,604Dr. William T Choctaw: I think oneof the things that we can do and13100:06:54,834 --> 00:06:58,764again, you know we'll get approvedfrom the chief production officer.13200:06:59,924 --> 00:07:04,604I think there's a lot of, Ithink we can provide a platform.13300:07:05,704 --> 00:07:12,164For you to communicate and in our podcast,we're approaching 20, 000 downloads13400:07:12,624 --> 00:07:15,104and this is why this is not just U.13500:07:15,104 --> 00:07:15,414S.13600:07:15,414 --> 00:07:19,034or California, but at the very least.13700:07:19,919 --> 00:07:24,209We can get the word out and it couldbe certain type of people who are13800:07:24,209 --> 00:07:28,989getting the word out to certain typeof people and everybody else, but at13900:07:28,989 --> 00:07:34,139least that can be done, you know, and,and, and I think just, just in the last,14000:07:34,159 --> 00:07:38,169just this month in terms of knowingwhat you're doing and you're knowing14100:07:38,169 --> 00:07:41,799some of the things that we're doingand sort of merging some of that so14200:07:41,799 --> 00:07:43,049that we can all help each other with.14300:07:43,389 --> 00:07:44,679To focus on the youth.14400:07:44,679 --> 00:07:49,034I, I just think that, you know,you, you can't a group a race, a,14500:07:49,634 --> 00:07:53,979a, a team, a culture cannot surviveif you don't focus on your youth.14600:07:54,254 --> 00:07:54,789You, you,14700:07:54,999 --> 00:07:55,569Keith Hansen: well, here's the thing.14800:07:55,569 --> 00:08:01,039If you, if you look at others that arethriving and surviving and excelling,14900:08:01,589 --> 00:08:06,149they're doing something that we don'tdo is networking help each other.15000:08:06,389 --> 00:08:06,539Yep.15100:08:06,609 --> 00:08:08,694Right now at the Cal Polycampus, during the summer.15200:08:09,274 --> 00:08:12,364There's so many programs theyhave on there for Latino youth15300:08:12,364 --> 00:08:13,434and this, that, and the other.15400:08:13,894 --> 00:08:15,714And I was there.15500:08:15,784 --> 00:08:20,664And it's like, wow, all these kids areputting in extra work, doing extra stuff.15600:08:21,084 --> 00:08:22,564But where are our kids?15700:08:22,784 --> 00:08:23,204You know,15800:08:23,374 --> 00:08:28,134Dr. William T Choctaw: I benefited inthe seventies, you know, in the seventies15900:08:28,134 --> 00:08:32,784from going to summer programs in Nashvilleat my high school, Tennessee State16000:08:32,784 --> 00:08:35,904University had a summer science program.16100:08:35,904 --> 00:08:37,444It's like about three or four weeks.16200:08:37,854 --> 00:08:41,814I went there my first time everbeing on a college campus, and16300:08:41,814 --> 00:08:43,884I said, wow, I really like this.16400:08:44,154 --> 00:08:47,374But that then caused me to getinterested in biochemistry,16500:08:47,744 --> 00:08:49,644which was my major at college.16600:08:49,844 --> 00:08:54,994I told my kids growing upsummer is not relaxation time.16700:08:54,994 --> 00:08:57,724Summer is time you use to get ahead.16800:08:58,104 --> 00:09:00,324You know, you make up stuff.16900:09:02,334 --> 00:09:03,544Keith Hansen: That needs to be preached.17000:09:03,624 --> 00:09:03,974That needs to be.17100:09:03,974 --> 00:09:04,384Yes.17200:09:04,385 --> 00:09:04,694Yes.17300:09:04,694 --> 00:09:06,429I learned that.17400:09:06,439 --> 00:09:09,539A lot of our kids is laying upand being cute during the summer17500:09:09,539 --> 00:09:10,689instead of putting in work.17600:09:10,809 --> 00:09:11,839Well, I think it's, it's17700:09:11,839 --> 00:09:14,419Dr. William T Choctaw: sort of what wetaught them and, and it's sort of what17800:09:14,419 --> 00:09:18,639they're told that's expected of them,blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.17900:09:18,879 --> 00:09:22,309Well, I, I think moving forwardand I, I want to be respectful18000:09:22,309 --> 00:09:22,989Keith Hansen: of your time.18100:09:23,339 --> 00:09:24,439No, no, I'm fine.18200:09:26,139 --> 00:09:28,829You said something there aboutthis and here's one of the18300:09:28,839 --> 00:09:30,579things again I did with my kids.18400:09:30,629 --> 00:09:34,599And at first I caught backlash fromthem, but then it became a way of life.18500:09:34,709 --> 00:09:35,449Couple of things.18600:09:36,674 --> 00:09:40,094Our, most of our stuff thatwe did was at church, near the18700:09:40,094 --> 00:09:41,024church, this, that, and the other.18800:09:41,034 --> 00:09:43,484And it's at least 30minutes away from my house.18900:09:44,114 --> 00:09:47,744So I would tell the kids wherever wego, whenever we go different places19000:09:47,744 --> 00:09:51,164that we go, cause we were very,very involved with their sports and19100:09:51,164 --> 00:09:54,654this, that, and the other, as wellas church choir mission programs.19200:09:54,974 --> 00:09:56,394So we were always on the road.19300:09:56,394 --> 00:09:58,224I'd get off the train andmy wife, sometimes would19400:09:58,224 --> 00:09:59,084give me one or two of them.19500:09:59,084 --> 00:10:01,824I'm taking some, some, she'staking some another place, but19600:10:01,824 --> 00:10:03,064I'd tell them wherever we go.19700:10:03,464 --> 00:10:07,114If it's longer than 15 or 20 minutes inthe car, you got to bring a book to read.19800:10:07,434 --> 00:10:10,044She started them onreading books each week.19900:10:10,044 --> 00:10:11,774They had to spend anhour and a night reading.20000:10:11,774 --> 00:10:15,004And every Friday they would go to thelibrary and she would get a new batch20100:10:15,004 --> 00:10:16,344of books for him for the next week.20200:10:16,694 --> 00:10:20,744So some of these things that you, you haveto do, but during the summer I started a20300:10:20,744 --> 00:10:24,414thing and I started telling some of my,and it takes the work of the parents.20400:10:24,414 --> 00:10:26,264And if they're not willingto do it, it won't work.20500:10:26,594 --> 00:10:27,874But I had a thing for my kids.20600:10:27,874 --> 00:10:29,774I called it the summer success Academy.20700:10:30,774 --> 00:10:36,469During the summer, I would have, get theirnext year's You can go to the library and20800:10:36,469 --> 00:10:40,539they have an accelerated reading list forthe next grade that they're going to so20900:10:40,539 --> 00:10:43,529you can get some of those books and getthem early and get them exposed to it.21000:10:43,799 --> 00:10:46,969You can have them write book reports,you know, I used to have the youngest21100:10:46,969 --> 00:10:50,209one she did a little basic one, themiddle one she did a little bit more.21200:10:50,509 --> 00:10:54,139And my son, he had a complex one thathe had to do, have them during this,21300:10:54,139 --> 00:10:56,959during the summer, pick some of thebooks that you find out that they're21400:10:56,999 --> 00:10:58,559interested in certain things to do that.21500:10:58,789 --> 00:11:00,209I would get the next year's math.21600:11:00,279 --> 00:11:02,749And right now there's like oneI don't know if you heard of,21700:11:02,749 --> 00:11:06,469call it Khan Academy and othersthat you can go to Khan Academy.21800:11:06,469 --> 00:11:06,919Yeah.21900:11:07,339 --> 00:11:11,694Their next year, their next year's math.22000:11:12,164 --> 00:11:16,924And and have them get exposed to itand start to learn it before time.22100:11:17,204 --> 00:11:18,634You can work with them with writing.22200:11:18,634 --> 00:11:20,894I would give them writingassignments and things like this.22300:11:21,204 --> 00:11:23,924Sometimes they would want to do stufffor the summer, go somewhere and I'd say,22400:11:23,924 --> 00:11:28,574write me a paper and persuade me, writea persuasive essay that why we need to22500:11:28,574 --> 00:11:33,104do this or why I should, you know, andthey would say, Oh, dad, but they did it.22600:11:33,134 --> 00:11:37,214And starting off with my son and then withJasmine and with Jada, they're phenomenal22700:11:37,214 --> 00:11:39,834writers as a result of it, as it gets.22800:11:40,294 --> 00:11:42,654Further down the road because itstarted doing it more and more and22900:11:42,654 --> 00:11:47,544it became that's the way we roll,you know We I'll say this real quick.23000:11:47,884 --> 00:11:49,854We went one time to a family reunion.23100:11:49,884 --> 00:11:53,544We did a red eye flight to Chicago Wewent to the reunion But the next week23200:11:53,864 --> 00:11:58,334we went to Pittsburgh and we drove fromChicago to Pittsburgh is over eight23300:11:58,334 --> 00:12:01,914hours one way Right, and everybodysaid how did you stay in those in the23400:12:01,924 --> 00:12:03,684car with those kids for eight hours?23500:12:04,059 --> 00:12:07,459We took books and this and thatand we had videos and stuff like23600:12:07,459 --> 00:12:08,719this, but we never turned them on.23700:12:08,969 --> 00:12:10,039We played games with them.23800:12:10,039 --> 00:12:11,439We taught them different languages.23900:12:11,439 --> 00:12:12,059We taught them.24000:12:12,069 --> 00:12:15,149I had a math game that I play withthem in the car, a spelling game.24100:12:15,149 --> 00:12:17,619I play with them in thecar on and on and on.24200:12:17,959 --> 00:12:21,079And those things doing that stuff.24300:12:22,034 --> 00:12:22,584It works.24400:12:22,594 --> 00:12:25,194It takes a lot of workand stuff, but it works.24500:12:25,524 --> 00:12:29,414So it takes a lot of extra stuffyou have to do to turn out some24600:12:29,994 --> 00:12:32,584products that are able to do that.24700:12:33,684 --> 00:12:34,124Well, but24800:12:34,144 --> 00:12:36,844Dr. William T Choctaw: whatwe can do, we can help you.24900:12:38,034 --> 00:12:41,694We can provide a platform andit could be multiple things.25000:12:41,694 --> 00:12:46,159I, you know, I'll leave it up to you andJesse in terms of Which categories and all25100:12:46,169 --> 00:12:50,869that, but, but we can provide a platformthat folks can access, I'm talking about25200:12:50,909 --> 00:12:56,629kids specifically, can access to getinformation or refer them to, number one.25300:12:56,639 --> 00:13:02,404Number two, that there's a gentleman bythe name of Chavarria, As I mentioned,25400:13:02,414 --> 00:13:07,494is he's a, a college math mentor, andI'd never heard of college math mentors,25500:13:07,774 --> 00:13:13,294but his job is that he contacts collegestudents either right before they go to25600:13:13,294 --> 00:13:15,644college or during college and helps them.25700:13:15,864 --> 00:13:20,304It advises them with difficultsituations, you know, difficulties.25800:13:20,454 --> 00:13:23,994I never heard of that, but I willput you in touch with him give25900:13:24,004 --> 00:13:25,654you his information, vice versa.26000:13:25,854 --> 00:13:30,624And so you guys can talk and maybe youguys can do something to help each other.26100:13:30,884 --> 00:13:33,284You know, he's a graduateof Walnut high school.26200:13:33,654 --> 00:13:37,584I met him back when I wasmayor and he remembered me.26300:13:37,844 --> 00:13:42,344And we just started talking and, andthen I, you know, I'm having him do26400:13:42,344 --> 00:13:46,904some podcasts with us, but, but he's,he's working in the same area that26500:13:46,904 --> 00:13:48,744can help, they can help with that.26600:13:49,034 --> 00:13:54,494But, but specifically we can focuson the kids that we see the most,26700:13:55,794 --> 00:13:59,434which to some extent, kids at church,other places and provide these things26800:13:59,434 --> 00:14:00,004Keith Hansen: for them.26900:14:00,484 --> 00:14:02,274I think you're, you're exactly right.27000:14:02,314 --> 00:14:02,714I have.27100:14:04,214 --> 00:14:08,354Some of our kids at church Itried to hold on one second here.27200:14:09,244 --> 00:14:11,064Let me tell my wife, we'restill doing this one.27300:14:11,914 --> 00:14:12,224Okay.27400:14:12,224 --> 00:14:12,764Tell her we're27500:14:12,764 --> 00:14:13,404Dr. William T Choctaw: almost done.27600:14:22,734 --> 00:14:23,144Keith Hansen: Okay.27700:14:23,144 --> 00:14:24,054She said, Oh, wow.27800:14:24,054 --> 00:14:24,624I forgot.27900:14:25,264 --> 00:14:28,924Anyway I've acquired differentpeople that can help kids.28000:14:28,934 --> 00:14:31,634Like I tell some of our kids I wastelling some of the other week, if you28100:14:31,634 --> 00:14:36,059have any needs Academically get help assoon as you realize there's a problem.28200:14:36,069 --> 00:14:37,589Don't wait till it's too late.28300:14:37,959 --> 00:14:41,859One of the boys he was telling me he hadproblems with his spanish and one of my28400:14:41,859 --> 00:14:46,794nieces that was here She's learned spanishAnd she said, I'll help you with it.28500:14:46,794 --> 00:14:49,434So she gave him her phone numberand I says, you work with him.28600:14:49,434 --> 00:14:54,804And then my daughter Jada speaks fluentSpanish and writes fluent Spanish.28700:14:55,214 --> 00:14:57,184And so she said she would help him.28800:14:57,434 --> 00:15:00,664So when we find resources, I try toput the kids connected with them.28900:15:00,924 --> 00:15:03,224I have a couple of mathteachers that help my son.29000:15:03,854 --> 00:15:07,324One of my friend's daughter and she'sgot a master's degree in math and she29100:15:07,364 --> 00:15:11,044has helped in matter of fact, some ofthe kids that I mentioned earlier, she's29200:15:11,054 --> 00:15:14,844working with them now teaching themand then another lady Jasmine wall.29300:15:14,844 --> 00:15:16,254She's a mechanical engineer.29400:15:16,584 --> 00:15:17,924She has a math club.29500:15:17,924 --> 00:15:18,474She has.29600:15:19,144 --> 00:15:22,844Okay, she has a business where shedoes this tutoring and helping kids.29700:15:23,134 --> 00:15:27,704She has a Friday night math partyon a website for the kids and she29800:15:27,704 --> 00:15:31,664makes it fun and exciting, but shedoes tutoring individual all these29900:15:31,664 --> 00:15:32,764things when we have them together.30000:15:32,764 --> 00:15:33,984I'm going to I'll share with you.30100:15:33,984 --> 00:15:35,884I'll share with you aboutthe different scholarships.30200:15:35,914 --> 00:15:36,324Okay.30300:15:36,424 --> 00:15:36,914Okay.30400:15:37,214 --> 00:15:39,624Dr. William T Choctaw: And so wecan put all that on the website.30500:15:39,924 --> 00:15:43,884And so there's a place that theycan go to just get information,30600:15:43,894 --> 00:15:48,174you know, because this is the ageof technology and AI and all that.30700:15:48,394 --> 00:15:50,344And we can do that.30800:15:50,374 --> 00:15:50,724We can30900:15:50,724 --> 00:15:50,874Keith Hansen: do that.31000:15:50,874 --> 00:15:51,784Yes.31100:15:51,784 --> 00:15:52,864So there's a lot of resources.31200:15:54,019 --> 00:15:58,269I had told you one of the things andI'm going to try to do it with my SQL,31300:15:58,279 --> 00:16:01,999a database that I wanted to make, andI haven't got to, I just got some stuff31400:16:01,999 --> 00:16:05,929for how to make it work the other day,and I've got to make it happen, but I31500:16:05,929 --> 00:16:08,399need to create a database of careers.31600:16:08,879 --> 00:16:12,109Our kids, even in our church alone,there's so many people that have31700:16:12,109 --> 00:16:15,769careers that they never even knewof, thought about, they need to know.31800:16:15,769 --> 00:16:17,029They need to know.31900:16:17,319 --> 00:16:19,599Dr. William T Choctaw: You know,the attorneys that I know at St.32000:16:19,599 --> 00:16:23,909Stephen's who've been there for yearswho, who worked with me and vice versa.32100:16:24,159 --> 00:16:28,979And right, we, we have assets thatwe don't know about constantly.32200:16:28,979 --> 00:16:30,469We don't utilize those assets.32300:16:30,739 --> 00:16:33,819And, and so I, we, we can,we can help with that.32400:16:33,869 --> 00:16:34,949We, we can help with that.32500:16:34,949 --> 00:16:35,419I think32600:16:35,419 --> 00:16:38,419Keith Hansen: it's, I think it's a greatthing again, like you said, and we said,32700:16:38,649 --> 00:16:42,439when you see people doing things thatyou think of and you say, well, I don't32800:16:42,439 --> 00:16:44,119know if that's available or whatever.32900:16:44,419 --> 00:16:49,999My kids we were there at in a communityhospital and we were walking down33000:16:49,999 --> 00:16:53,209the hall and they recognized yourpicture on the wall and they flipped33100:16:53,209 --> 00:16:55,809out and they were like, Oh, that's Dr.33200:16:55,839 --> 00:16:56,069Choctaw.33300:16:56,879 --> 00:16:58,159And again.33400:16:58,629 --> 00:17:01,089Seeing what it was there for andthis, that, and the other, once33500:17:01,089 --> 00:17:04,409you explain to them, they'relike, this is a believable thing.33600:17:04,769 --> 00:17:08,109I was at Queen of the Valley,your old stomping grounds there.33700:17:08,439 --> 00:17:09,709And I don't know if you know, Dr.33800:17:09,709 --> 00:17:10,389Hatchinova.33900:17:10,759 --> 00:17:12,799I was with him because my father in law.34000:17:13,149 --> 00:17:14,279had an issue.34100:17:14,529 --> 00:17:17,749He went to the hospital andI've gotten because of so many34200:17:17,759 --> 00:17:19,149things, real into medical stuff.34300:17:19,429 --> 00:17:21,989He was sitting there for anotherpurpose and I'm watching his34400:17:22,039 --> 00:17:23,459EKG and he's going bradycardic.34500:17:23,839 --> 00:17:28,629His heart's going real slow and then itspeeds up and he was saying he felt fine.34600:17:28,994 --> 00:17:29,804So then when Dr.34700:17:29,804 --> 00:17:33,604Hatchinova found out, he's like, Oh, no,we've got to get a pacemaker in there.34800:17:33,704 --> 00:17:37,784When they went to do that, the kidsfrom Medtronics, these two young kids34900:17:37,794 --> 00:17:39,884that brought all this equipment inthere and they were getting ready to35000:17:39,894 --> 00:17:41,384go in there and put this pacemaker in.35100:17:41,674 --> 00:17:45,014So I got their business cards and I wassaying, these are the kind of things35200:17:45,014 --> 00:17:49,254our kids need to learn about these kindof jobs and get into these careers.35300:17:49,304 --> 00:17:50,864One of my daughter's friends, she.35400:17:51,204 --> 00:17:55,384Was a biology major, I believe, at UCIrvine, and I just turned her on to35500:17:55,394 --> 00:17:59,414meeting those people and exposing her tothat so she can dive into those kind of35600:17:59,414 --> 00:18:03,984career fields that again, our kids don'tknow anything about stuff like that.35700:18:04,014 --> 00:18:05,824I used to do biomed and love it.35800:18:06,054 --> 00:18:10,784So that's why when I saw that, I said,wow, this is something you know, I worked35900:18:10,784 --> 00:18:12,464with surgical equipment and this and that.36000:18:12,464 --> 00:18:15,924And again, a lot of all thesethings that I learned were from36100:18:15,924 --> 00:18:17,104what I learned in the Air Force.36200:18:17,144 --> 00:18:17,894I'll say this real quick.36300:18:18,084 --> 00:18:18,884It would be done in36400:18:18,884 --> 00:18:19,594Dr. William T Choctaw: surgery.36500:18:19,644 --> 00:18:23,704I, you know, our surgical assistants,the scrub techs were, were military.36600:18:23,804 --> 00:18:25,754They served in the 70s and the 80s.36700:18:25,974 --> 00:18:27,044They were all military.36800:18:27,334 --> 00:18:28,044Keith Hansen: Wow.36900:18:28,094 --> 00:18:28,334Yeah.37000:18:28,334 --> 00:18:29,034That is amazing.37100:18:29,454 --> 00:18:29,864Oh, absolutely.37200:18:30,774 --> 00:18:33,464The job that I got when I,real quick, and it'll be done.37300:18:33,844 --> 00:18:37,974From the biomedical stuff that I learnedabout or that I did when I got out of37400:18:37,974 --> 00:18:41,564the Air Force I studied electronics,avionics and stuff in the Air Force,37500:18:41,564 --> 00:18:42,914and it was like going to college.37600:18:42,954 --> 00:18:45,824The stuff that I learned wasequal to like a two year degree.37700:18:46,314 --> 00:18:51,359So then, when I got out of the Air Force,I went to DeVry and to Zeus Pacific and37800:18:51,359 --> 00:18:55,744kept going with computers and electronics,but I had an opportunity to work.37900:18:56,074 --> 00:19:00,254With a guy who had a medical contractfor Queen of the Valley Foothill38000:19:00,264 --> 00:19:02,164Press and Intercommunity doing Biomed.38100:19:02,844 --> 00:19:06,874I my son Joshua was a prematurebaby and I saw him in the NICU38200:19:07,274 --> 00:19:09,714with all this equipment hooked upand I said, that is phenomenal.38300:19:09,714 --> 00:19:10,874I would love to work on that.38400:19:10,874 --> 00:19:14,254One of the nurses took and introducedme to the people who did it.38500:19:15,714 --> 00:19:16,674Talking to that guy.38600:19:16,684 --> 00:19:19,794This is how God, God hearsit and makes it happen.38700:19:20,344 --> 00:19:23,134He introduced, she introduced me tothat guy and I started talking with him.38800:19:23,134 --> 00:19:24,424He said, we need some help right now.38900:19:24,424 --> 00:19:24,984I said, really?39000:19:25,229 --> 00:19:27,509He said, here's the owner'sname, Vince De Palma.39100:19:27,509 --> 00:19:28,079Call him.39200:19:28,389 --> 00:19:31,439I called him, never met him on thephone, send him a resume showing39300:19:31,439 --> 00:19:32,709what I did in the Air Force.39400:19:32,899 --> 00:19:37,069This guy hired me over the phone,never saw him, hired me over the phone.39500:19:37,069 --> 00:19:39,349And I started going to Queen of theValley, Footeo Press and Intercommunity.39600:19:40,339 --> 00:19:43,419And from what they taught me, Idived in there, grabbed the books39700:19:43,419 --> 00:19:47,119and stuff, ordering parts and startworking on that stuff from surgical39800:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,839equipment to ICU stuff, to ventilators.39900:19:50,234 --> 00:19:54,024Was doing it but it was all from what Ilearned in the military that equipped me40000:19:54,024 --> 00:19:58,304that I was able to dive in there Hit theground and I know one place at fudeo press40100:19:58,304 --> 00:20:01,994I caught some opposition because therewas nobody there that looked like me Right40200:20:01,994 --> 00:20:03,324and some of the guys in the engineering40300:20:04,214 --> 00:20:05,874Dr. William T Choctaw: Moreconservative of the three that40400:20:05,874 --> 00:20:07,114you mentioned of the three.40500:20:07,124 --> 00:20:07,744Oh man.40600:20:08,124 --> 00:20:08,324It was the40700:20:08,324 --> 00:20:09,284Keith Hansen: most conservative.40800:20:09,584 --> 00:20:10,944Yeah Interesting.40900:20:10,974 --> 00:20:12,244I don't know if you know dr.41000:20:12,244 --> 00:20:15,314Bracey Yes, I do.41100:20:15,314 --> 00:20:18,204I got to know her well from goingin and out of surgery and working on41200:20:18,204 --> 00:20:21,024the equipment and her and I were theonly two that look like us there.41300:20:21,204 --> 00:20:23,574Yeah, the doctors and people.41400:20:23,884 --> 00:20:24,874It was very interesting.41500:20:24,874 --> 00:20:27,184Some of the things thathappened as a result of it.41600:20:27,284 --> 00:20:32,204You know, but it was a blessing tobe in that realm and help people41700:20:32,214 --> 00:20:35,354help patients, some of the laborand delivery equipment I work with.41800:20:35,354 --> 00:20:39,874I got to minister to the people as well aswork on the equipment is very rewarding.41900:20:40,154 --> 00:20:44,714So I say that to say that sometimes stuffthat you learn can propel you into areas42000:20:44,724 --> 00:20:46,589that you never thought in your life.42100:20:47,019 --> 00:20:48,969I always tell the kids, if youstay ready, you don't have to42200:20:48,969 --> 00:20:50,274get ready, so, right, right.42300:20:50,379 --> 00:20:50,999If you do good42400:20:50,999 --> 00:20:52,664Dr. William T Choctaw: preparation,but one of that I have learned in42500:20:52,664 --> 00:20:57,064the last 10, 15 years that I neverappreciated before was networking.42600:20:57,674 --> 00:20:58,154Yes.42700:20:58,634 --> 00:21:00,134Well, I used to minimize ice.42800:21:00,159 --> 00:21:01,544I, no, I don't do that stuff.42900:21:01,544 --> 00:21:02,324Whatever, whatever.43000:21:02,534 --> 00:21:08,694But the reality is it's an efficiency massmethod that allows you to get more done.43100:21:08,899 --> 00:21:11,479As a team, then you can't buy yourself.43200:21:11,529 --> 00:21:16,199I like to always say you can be very,very good as as as an individual,43300:21:16,539 --> 00:21:20,539but you can't be excellent as anexcellent comes from the team.43400:21:20,999 --> 00:21:24,389And so what I've learnedis to embrace teamwork.43500:21:25,254 --> 00:21:27,564As a net on a networking platform.43600:21:27,794 --> 00:21:31,424And so the work that you're doing andthat sort of thing and people like43700:21:31,424 --> 00:21:36,444you're doing that we can connect withyou, you know, give you a platform43800:21:36,774 --> 00:21:40,724to communicate whatever you want tocommunicate and still achieve the43900:21:40,724 --> 00:21:42,154same goals because we all want the44000:21:42,484 --> 00:21:43,104Keith Hansen: same thing.44100:21:43,704 --> 00:21:47,854I think when you said about networking,networking again, like you said,44200:21:47,854 --> 00:21:51,744I heard of it and thought of itbefore, but never learned until the44300:21:51,744 --> 00:21:53,494last few years, the power of it.44400:21:53,969 --> 00:21:55,459Networking and delegating.44500:21:55,639 --> 00:21:59,209Sometimes when you have certain thingsto do, when we did the church anniversary44600:21:59,219 --> 00:22:03,799years ago, we were asked to help do it,my wife and I, and my wife was first and44700:22:03,809 --> 00:22:05,269she was overwhelmed with all this stuff.44800:22:05,269 --> 00:22:08,669And I had learned from a lady fromsecond Baptist Renee Willis, because44900:22:08,669 --> 00:22:11,659we worked with the African Americanemployees association at work.45000:22:11,679 --> 00:22:15,059And we did all these events, but shelearned to delegate and give stuff45100:22:15,059 --> 00:22:16,449to the right people and get it done.45200:22:16,449 --> 00:22:19,139That made everything work togetherand lighten the load off of her.45300:22:19,929 --> 00:22:21,229Recently, I just learned.45400:22:21,659 --> 00:22:25,959In the situation where my son has stagethree esophagus cancer by networking with45500:22:25,979 --> 00:22:28,109people, we got access to so many things.45600:22:28,109 --> 00:22:32,319One in particular, I happen tonetwork with Sister Nickens,45700:22:32,359 --> 00:22:33,519who works at City of Hope.45800:22:33,559 --> 00:22:38,459And by networking with her, openedmy son up to a contact and connection45900:22:38,459 --> 00:22:42,269of treatments and help and this andtherapy, it has been phenomenal.46000:22:42,389 --> 00:22:46,449So the power of networking sometimescan put you in touch with things that.46100:22:46,729 --> 00:22:49,109Make stuff happen that you couldhave never done on your own.46200:22:49,109 --> 00:22:51,109And that's what happened in that case.46300:22:51,539 --> 00:22:53,279There's power andnetworking is phenomenal.46400:22:53,869 --> 00:22:54,729Dr. William T Choctaw: Absolutely.46500:22:54,869 --> 00:22:59,679Well, you know, Keith, we are, we areabsolutely delighted again with you46600:22:59,679 --> 00:23:01,839sharing your very precious time with us.46700:23:02,199 --> 00:23:05,749And certainly, you know, in terms ofsome of the things we talked about46800:23:05,759 --> 00:23:08,644moving forward, because I really, really,really, really, really appreciate it.46900:23:08,934 --> 00:23:12,564Want to set something up that wecan help the youth and get going,47000:23:12,754 --> 00:23:17,074you know, don't be perfect You know,we'll modify we'll learn from it.47100:23:17,414 --> 00:23:18,814You know, we'll grow with it.47200:23:18,824 --> 00:23:22,904You know, it's a growth processYou know when when Jess and I first47300:23:22,904 --> 00:23:26,374started the podcast a little overa year ago It took us three or four47400:23:26,414 --> 00:23:28,574months to just get some basics, right?47500:23:28,574 --> 00:23:33,134So I you know, we end that's part of theprocess but having said that we're still47600:23:33,134 --> 00:23:38,164here I mean, the podcast is still here,and we can do things to help individuals47700:23:38,254 --> 00:23:45,284like yourself by providing platforms, andit can be more than more than one area.47800:23:45,294 --> 00:23:48,554I, you know, you mentioned a number ofdifferent things, and you know, Jessica47900:23:48,564 --> 00:23:53,574can sort of help to decipher that and seewhat we can do and all that sort of stuff,48000:23:53,964 --> 00:23:56,884Keith Hansen: but again, anything Ican, anything I can do to help you.48100:23:56,894 --> 00:23:59,334I'll be glad to anythingI can share with you.48200:23:59,914 --> 00:24:01,364I'm very transparent with it.48300:24:01,364 --> 00:24:01,704I don't.48400:24:02,574 --> 00:24:05,134If you can use it or give itto somebody that can use it.48500:24:05,194 --> 00:24:05,934I'm fine with it.48600:24:05,934 --> 00:24:08,104I don't care if youcan use it to get rich.48700:24:08,174 --> 00:24:10,833I don't care what God is good.48800:24:10,833 --> 00:24:11,812We're already48900:24:11,812 --> 00:24:12,301Dr. William T Choctaw: rich.49000:24:12,301 --> 00:24:14,748It's a good word about49100:24:14,748 --> 00:24:15,237Keith Hansen: that.49200:24:15,237 --> 00:24:16,706This is true.49300:24:16,706 --> 00:24:22,745I, I, I, 1 of the things I really pushand tell our kids that 1st and foremost.49400:24:23,165 --> 00:24:26,065Make yourself available to go to college.49500:24:26,175 --> 00:24:30,175And if you choose to, we had somethat chose to try to do that.49600:24:30,175 --> 00:24:33,355And it was after December and hehadn't done this stuff before.49700:24:34,105 --> 00:24:37,155And so therefore I said, you forceyourself and pigeonhole yourself49800:24:37,155 --> 00:24:38,405into a different situation.49900:24:38,775 --> 00:24:43,945I hadn't taken SATs, ACTs and changedfrom wanting to go to the military to50000:24:43,945 --> 00:24:45,325go to school, and it was in December.50100:24:45,635 --> 00:24:49,595I said the deadline for theUC Cal State is December 1st.50200:24:49,985 --> 00:24:50,425So.50300:24:51,020 --> 00:24:54,350You know, but it worked out thatperson went to the military and50400:24:54,350 --> 00:24:55,650he's soaring and doing well.50500:24:55,660 --> 00:24:57,750He's in the Air Forceand okay, killing it.50600:24:57,970 --> 00:25:02,460But I tell them, don't let moneybe a factor factor of stopping50700:25:02,460 --> 00:25:03,500you from going to college.50800:25:03,830 --> 00:25:07,050And again, if you study something likeI said that meets those requirements,50900:25:07,120 --> 00:25:10,630even if you have to take somestudent loans to get where you need51000:25:10,630 --> 00:25:15,190to go, that's not a bad thing to beable I have a good friend of mine.51100:25:15,190 --> 00:25:17,750He's a professor at Mount Sacnow got a doctorate degree, but51200:25:18,215 --> 00:25:22,485Along the way, he and I were Iespecially was a campus clown, not51300:25:22,485 --> 00:25:24,005a class clown, the campus clown.51400:25:24,015 --> 00:25:28,405When I was in elementary, junior high,high school, just there having fun.51500:25:28,405 --> 00:25:29,465Didn't take it seriously.51600:25:29,755 --> 00:25:33,125But my friend, he went through andgot his bachelor's, his master's, his51700:25:33,125 --> 00:25:34,555doctorate degree, and he teaches now.51800:25:34,955 --> 00:25:38,565But even if you have to get loans andstuff, you're in a, he's in a position51900:25:38,565 --> 00:25:42,095to pay those, still take care of hisfamily and survive if you have to do52000:25:42,095 --> 00:25:47,285that, don't let these dreams of beinga doctor, whatever be stifled by money52100:25:47,295 --> 00:25:49,285and finance, it's a doable thing.52200:25:49,285 --> 00:25:50,525There's ways around it.52300:25:50,765 --> 00:25:51,985There's ways to make it happen.52400:25:52,195 --> 00:25:53,825I'll give you an examplereal quick and I'm done.52500:25:53,920 --> 00:26:01,338Sister Thomasina, Thomasina she,I saw her when she and Chaz were52600:26:01,778 --> 00:26:04,108fresh out of high school and theywanted to be physical therapists.52700:26:04,358 --> 00:26:06,628And at the time you only neededa four year degree, just as they52800:26:06,628 --> 00:26:08,138finished it, they'd move the fence.52900:26:08,198 --> 00:26:09,628Oh, you got to get a master's degree.53000:26:09,788 --> 00:26:11,388So they jumped in master's program.53100:26:11,388 --> 00:26:12,448They moved the fence.53200:26:12,728 --> 00:26:14,228You got to become a doctorate degree.53300:26:14,428 --> 00:26:18,808Well, what she did, she took acommission in the Navy to pay for that.53400:26:19,128 --> 00:26:23,048And so now she just graduated and nowshe's down in San Diego, Coronado.53500:26:23,418 --> 00:26:27,608working there with the Navy,learning what she learned and53600:26:27,618 --> 00:26:29,068getting it paid for at the same time.53700:26:29,068 --> 00:26:30,748It's a great way to make it happen.53800:26:31,028 --> 00:26:32,168The Air Force Academy.53900:26:32,208 --> 00:26:33,128That's another way.54000:26:33,138 --> 00:26:36,158You know, a lot of our kids don't knowanything about that Coast Guard Academy.54100:26:36,648 --> 00:26:39,538I don't know if you know moreof our congressmen and senators.54200:26:39,608 --> 00:26:43,688Kids get free education from going throughthe Coast Guard Academy, and a lot of54300:26:43,698 --> 00:26:44,898people don't know nothing about it.54400:26:45,428 --> 00:26:48,598They get their kids in there andlet him get that free education.54500:26:48,608 --> 00:26:49,368Get out of there.54600:26:49,698 --> 00:26:52,708And they have, they don't haveno bills, everything's paid for.54700:26:53,238 --> 00:26:55,868But our kids don't knowanything about those things.54800:26:56,178 --> 00:26:58,978Dr. William T Choctaw: And that's whywe want to put that stuff out there.54900:26:59,488 --> 00:27:00,848And we can help to do that.55000:27:00,858 --> 00:27:02,008We can help to do that.55100:27:02,268 --> 00:27:05,898The first thing they used todo in terms of education said,55200:27:05,898 --> 00:27:07,238well, we weren't smart enough.55300:27:07,528 --> 00:27:10,688Then the second thing was,we aren't rich enough.55400:27:10,698 --> 00:27:11,558You can't afford it.55500:27:11,948 --> 00:27:14,848You know, and so we get rid ofthat, you know, on and on and on.55600:27:15,048 --> 00:27:18,498And then the rest of it isprocess, process, process.55700:27:18,858 --> 00:27:23,118We can, we can mitigate some ofthose process issues by, by giving55800:27:23,118 --> 00:27:27,558instructions, by giving informationby providing it free you know, to55900:27:27,558 --> 00:27:29,108students and that sort of thing.56000:27:29,378 --> 00:27:31,018And on and on and on.56100:27:31,428 --> 00:27:33,288Well, again, I'm gonna, I'm gonna let you56200:27:33,288 --> 00:27:33,648Keith Hansen: go.56300:27:33,958 --> 00:27:34,658I'm fine.56400:27:34,728 --> 00:27:35,168I'm fine.56500:27:35,168 --> 00:27:35,888I'm enjoying it.56600:27:35,888 --> 00:27:36,868I thank you so much.56700:27:37,558 --> 00:27:41,818I'm honored and I thank you so for so muchfor allowing me to be on a professional56800:27:41,848 --> 00:27:46,118podcast as you guys and I am an amateur,but thank you for allowing me to be56900:27:46,118 --> 00:27:47,518in your presence and I'm grateful.57000:27:47,518 --> 00:27:47,918We're all57100:27:47,948 --> 00:27:48,508Dr. William T Choctaw: amateurs.57200:27:50,278 --> 00:27:51,828No, but, but, but thank you so much.57300:27:51,838 --> 00:27:53,418And I continue to be impressed.57400:27:53,418 --> 00:27:57,828The more I listen to you with yourpassion, because I think it takes57500:27:57,828 --> 00:28:01,778passion to really use it because that'swhat gets you through the rough spots.57600:28:01,858 --> 00:28:06,668You know and we need leaderslike that, particularly who57700:28:06,668 --> 00:28:07,878are dedicated to the youth.57800:28:08,308 --> 00:28:12,218And so whatever we can do tohelp you and that's what then57900:28:12,218 --> 00:28:13,678we will continue to do that.58000:28:13,888 --> 00:28:17,958If, you know, if you want to come backand do another podcast, just let us know.58100:28:18,108 --> 00:28:23,678Work that out, but definitely wewill provide a platform for you to58200:28:23,678 --> 00:28:27,078speak to however you want to speak,58300:28:27,498 --> 00:28:29,768Keith Hansen: you know, again,like I says, I appreciate it.58400:28:29,768 --> 00:28:34,068And I'm glad that you're doing what you doto help change lives and educate people.58500:28:34,463 --> 00:28:37,793and prepare them into greatnessthrough these type of things.58600:28:38,203 --> 00:28:42,243And I think it's a collectiveeffort of the village, you know,58700:28:42,253 --> 00:28:45,703with that village to help raisekids and take them to new levels.58800:28:45,883 --> 00:28:46,103Yes.58900:28:46,113 --> 00:28:50,363And I think we can all do apart of it to make it happen.