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TIME: IT APPLIES TO ALL STUDENTS

By Marty Baker, Editor

In the opening article of and find a job where they can earn a good living and, hopefully,
this issue, President André enjoy for the rest of their working days. This may take some
Odermatt spoke about time as it trial and error, but soon the majority of them find their niche
relates to training, industry, and and learn that flexibility is one of the keys to being productive
earnings. “Time is Money” is a and lead a happy life.
quote André used.

In looking up the acronym
TIME, I found that it is also
used for many various themes.
In the long list that was provided
in the reference, two of them
appeared to very fittingly apply
to the students and instructors
at Hobart Institute.

The second definition for the acronym I selected was This
Is My Entry. The application of this could certainly apply
to most any of the students who pass through the Hobart
Institute. While their lives prior to training may differ greatly,
their goals following training are very similar in many ways.
The first is to Train… Inspire… Motivate… Empower. This In speaking with them, most will list “get a job” or “earn
is what HIWT instructors do on a daily basis for their students. money” as primary to gauging their success. All of them
Their primary job is to Train the students to use the science could certainly label Hobart Institute by stating, “This Is My
and technology of welding. In this process, good instructors Entry” to the workforce” … or “to a better job”… or “to a
not only train, but they also Inspire the students to accomplish successful life.”
their goals. One way they do this by Motivating students to do
their best work. Motivation takes many forms and the expert So the acronym TIME might apply in many various situations,
instructor needs to find the way in which this works for each at the Hobart Institute, the instructors are here to Train…
individual student. Finally, the training students receive at Inspire… Motivate… Empower; and the students can all say,
Hobart Institute Empowers them to go out into the workplace This Is My Entry.

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