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Jason Tyler

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210 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

Here's an introduction.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

This is the real world.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

This is a job.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

This is what that's like.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

When I got out of high school, my first job out of high school, I was a mechanic for like five years before I ever touched a camera.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

And my dad got me, you know, a job working as a porter at an Acura dealership.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

And then they needed a technician.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

They put me through the schooling to do that.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

And then I got my master's certifications and all that stuff.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

But then I looked around and I was like,

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

all the master techs are in their 60s and they have carpal tunnel in their hands.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

And I want to be able to play catch with my kids.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

So I'm going to switch careers.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

But like that, that life experience is so valuable.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

That's exactly what happened to my sister.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

My sister played soccer in high school,

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

she won nationals she was widely recruited from across the country she could go to any school she wanted to to get she was getting scholarship offers from all over the country and as soon as it came time to go to college she was like i i can't do this like i'm not gonna and meanwhile my parents my dad is a huge soccer fan so my parents were like

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

We are not.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

Well, you are giving the kids the tools that they need to succeed.

Living Your Legacy
From Dyslexic Student to Education Disruptor

Dr. Christy, one more time for the audience.