{"id":8813,"date":"2021-02-07T10:17:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T15:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/cte\/?p=8813"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:00:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:00:11","slug":"a-letter-from-a-cte-carpentry-alumnus-darius-scott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/cte\/2021\/02\/07\/a-letter-from-a-cte-carpentry-alumnus-darius-scott\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter From a CTE Carpentry Alumnus, Darius Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2>How CTE Has Helped Me &amp; Where I Am Today<\/h2>\n<p>When joining the trades back in \u201812\/\u201913, I had no idea how much it would become a part of my lifestyle. I first attended Jules E. Mastbaum and chose carpentry as my trade. I quickly fell in love with carpentry because it was rather simple math &amp; it really felt good to see all your measurement comes together in a final product. Another thing was the freedom and activeness compared to the typical classroom. Those moments I spent with my classmates taking in all that knowledge helped me mature rather quickly. Next thing I knew, I was getting deep into carpentry and my hard work was paying off. I started doing side work, buying my own tools, and even scored an internship which I turned into a part time job. I was also awarded \u201cTop In Shop\u201d in \u201915 and also given the chance to attend SkillsUSA on behalf of carpentry students in the Philly School District. After all of that, I turned my back on the trades to go to college for Information, Science, &amp; Technology.<\/p>\n<p>During my freshman year of college, I was given a \u201cfixer upper\u201d so that I could have a place of my own to focus on my school work as well as build it to how I see fit. Unfortunately, working two part time jobs while attending school full time turned out to be a hassle. I eventually had to take leave so I could avoid academic probation and losing financial aid. I realized that I needed to make more money while using less time. That same week, I took some time to myself to sit down and come up with a plan. After a few days of research, I finally decided to attend Orleans Technical College for Commercial &amp; Residential Electricity. The course was only 6 months and the curriculum included programming PLCs (programmable logic controllers) which was also a part of my college curriculum. I immediately dove in head first on that opportunity! Fast forward to today, and I\u2019m currently a commercial electrician working for someone and running my own company. I\u2019m currently getting prepared for the Master Electrician course next month as well as staying connected with those friends I met at Orleans so I can employ them in the near future.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When joining the trades back in \u201812\/\u201913, I had no idea how much it would become a part of my lifestyle&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88719,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/cte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/cte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/cte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/cte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88719"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/cte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/cte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8937,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/cte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8813\/revisions\/8937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/cte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/cte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/cte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}