[speaker001:] well do you have any children that uh go to college went to college are about to go or anything
[speaker002:] yeah I had five go through college we've put five through college uh-huh
[speaker001:] oh my goodness oh where did they go
[speaker002:] uh two at Texas A and M and three at North Texas
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh oh my goodness well you are a very experienced person
[speaker002:] right so
[speaker001:] uh I have a son at the present moment who is a senior in high school and uh he has uh made three applications to schools that give a double degree program because that's what he wanted to uh take so he applied to the University of Texas at Austin and to the University of Pennsylvania and to Rice
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] so uh he's waiting at this time uh to uh see what kind of uh acceptances and money grants might uh come in for him so um I I think that uh it became very evident in the beginning of senior year when he actually had to sit down with the applications he had about six schools that he was interested in but he really decided that he wants to take engineering but he also wants to keep a liberal arts degree and actually get both of them and not all that many places actually give you two degrees
[speaker002:] right right right
[speaker001:] so he he weeded out the ones uh that did not offer that kind of thing and just really wound up making three applications so um
[speaker002:] um-hum that's probably your best bet because you know you narrow it down you're better off I think on that and uh
[speaker001:] yeah yeah uh-huh right well yeah and and as I saw the fall progressing and um and his viewpoint it really became more evident that uh he this is what he wanted to do and he didn't just want to get involved in the sciences without having the leeway of the liberal arts and I don't think he'll ever be a um you know a kind of a research dedicated a test tube scientist so um
[speaker002:] right right is he going on for his master's in his the engineering
[speaker001:] I think he might wanna go to law school
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and uh use the engineering background maybe in patent law or yeah
[speaker002:] you almost need a master's in like if he's in engineering in his major right now one of his majors anyway right now to do anything with it
[speaker001:] yeah yeah oh yes that's right yeah what uh kinds of fields did your children study in
[speaker002:] no matter what field you're in uh well my daughter uh both daughters let me see one daughter was in uh business
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and business degree and then the other daughter was in a special ed degree
[speaker001:] oh wonderful uh-huh
[speaker002:] and lives and worths works with autistic children um-hum and then the other one was a personnel director
[speaker001:] is that right uh-huh oh my
[speaker002:] uh down in Houston for um several years seven years and then uh my son is a CPA
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] and another has a business degree and then the fifth one is he was hotel management but actually he's in the sign business now and making signs
[speaker001:] oh my oh gee whiz isn't that wonderful uh-huh
[speaker002:] and uh likes that and has kind of hit on a nice setup with that so
[speaker001:] is he uh local here in town or is uh-huh
[speaker002:] he is local right here in Richardson and he really loves it um-hum and it's just you know
[speaker001:] oh good for him
[speaker002:] that signs the type of signs they do is new in the last five years it's the latest thing in signs it's the type that you put on the
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh
[speaker002:] put on windows and it peels off type and it looks like it's painted on
[speaker001:] oh yes I've seen those they're remarkable because they come right off
[speaker002:] yes and he yeah right he has the Dallas um Furniture Mart um Clothing Mart and the Trade World Trade Center all tied up in that he has
[speaker001:] oh  oh good for him
[speaker002:] so yeah so it's a nice deal for him yeah he has he's just starting in it but it seems to be a real up and coming thing
[speaker001:] oh they've done well uh-huh oh yeah oh yes that is terrific
[speaker002:] because everything's so portable anymore I mean you know things are not stable and people are renting places for a short times and they don't want anything permanent anymore so
[speaker001:] that's right that's right uh-huh that's right you just use it when you need it and uh then it's you know gone and it it sure is very effective and then you can move into the next necessary thing that is uh right
[speaker002:] it works out quite well right right um-hum or on to a larger place and not put that much into anything permanent so it it works out pretty well for him
[speaker001:] that's right it's amazing isn't it amazing everything they do these days
[speaker002:] it is it's wonderful it's wonderful
[speaker001:] uh uh-huh it I I think it is too it really moves you from one thing to the other without having to hassle and uh you know even like with you said with the signs have to you know to change
[speaker002:] so right um-hum
[speaker001:] everything and uh you know
[speaker002:] yeah the have your son have your son use the library a lot in the college section
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] for scholarships
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and uh my daughters and sons both did that and they they came up with some of the you know you would never think of applying for and they would apply for them well nobody else did and so they would get some
[speaker001:] yeah oh really