I like puzzles.
So in a lot of ways
it's like a puzzle
and being able to solve
the puzzle at the end.
Being able to plug something in
and make it work from scratch
is very rewarding,
very rewarding.
I enjoy this very much.
My name is Glenn Dell.
And I am in the electrical
systems program.
I'm 37 years old, so
I'm at the point where
I need to get into a career.
I left the family
business because I
decided that wasn't
what I wanted to do.
And I jumped into
this because it
was something I've always
kind of had an interest in.
Honestly, I felt really
comfortable right
from the beginning.
When we first sat in here
and we opened the book
and we started doing
some of the math
that comes along with
Ohm's law and how
resistance and amperage
and voltage and wattage
are all related, really, I feel
comfortable right from that day
one.
Just learned a little bit and
then built onto it as we went.
The hands-on part
for me is where
I feel like I learn the most.
Bring in a little bit of
knowledge through the lecture
and through the
book work, and then
to be able to put it into action
right there in front of you
and see how the
circuits are drawn up,
and then see how
they actually work.
To be able to see
that makes everything
make a lot more sense.
Last semester, we went through
the residential wiring class.
And we basically learned how the
wiring inside of a home works.
There's a carpentry building
on the other side of campus
that we went over to.
And we ran a lot of
the electrical lines
in that building.
And we made a lot of the
electrical connections
as far as the lights go
and outlets and switches.
And we had some issues
where there was a wire that
was causing a short.
And we had to troubleshoot it
and find out where that was.
And luckily, we were able
to find it and get it done.
This semester, we're going
into motors and controls.
Further down the line, we're
doing PLCs, programmable logic
controllers.
And that gets a
little more in-depth.
So I'm looking forward
to that as well.
That's probably-- if you
use it in the darkness--
You want it on dark?
Yeah.
And if you're using
it in a lighted area,
you switch it to the lighted--
Oh, I see what you're saying.
Mr. Thompson does a
great job at bringing
what seems to be
very complicated,
bringing it down into I
guess layman's terms you
would call it, and making
it very easy to understand.
And being able to
take things like
the movement of electrons
and valence electrons
and Ohm's law.
And a lot of things
that don't make sense
to someone that's never
heard them before,
after an hour of
an explanation, you
would have a very
good understanding
how all that stuff works.
It's great to be able
to work with somebody
that has that much knowledge.
You can go in and do residential
wiring, commercial wiring,
or industrial wiring.
From there, you
could go into a job
where you're working
with motors and controls,
like HVAC systems.
It's just motors and controls
that are running that motor.
So any step along
this path is something
that we'll be able to
kind of branch off on.
And maybe that's the ideal path.
