Student Quotes
“It helps a lot with everyday life.”
“Ford PAS is unique. We work together and see each other’s ideas. We’re like our own little business.”
“It’s not like everyday school work. You learn AND get something done.”
“I was always interested in designing clothing and thought I was a good artist, but until I entered the Ford PAS program I had no idea how those skills might be useful in the auto or other manufacturing industries. Through the Ford PAS course I now see that Web site design might be a good career for me, and that a lot of high school subjects I thought were dull and uninteresting might be useful.”
“Before the Ford PAS program, I was clueless about what a business is about. At Ford PAS we learned the skills you need to research different things, and then you learn how to be professional about, you know, everything you do in business. That’s so important.”
"The most important thing I learned was how to communicate in front of people. I learned multiple things that I could use later in life, so this Ford PAS experience was useful and a memorable one."
"Ford PAS just gives you a certain amount of leeway which leads to responsibility because there’s not, well, there’s always a due date but it’s given to you like a week or two in advance. So, at first, you may start off rocky and procrastinate. But, then, overall, you get more and more into Ford PAS."
"I learned that everything doesn’t come to you easily. I mean you have to work for it to get."
"I feel like Ford PAS can have that effect on you, to turn your life around."
“I liked working in a team because its members can help one another. If someone misses a detail, the other can pick it up. It is also less responsibility for just one person when the project requires so much. One thing that I did not like was a person not doing the work but getting the credit for it—when clearly the rest had done the work.”
–Brandon, a Ford PAS alum from Central Westmoreland CTC. (He completed Module 10—Reverse Engineering and is currently studying architectural drafting in a community college in PA.)
"This class is a better way to learn because we do hands on activities by experiencing the process of building things and learning about how businesses are run."
– Angela K., sophomore
PSJA ISD Student (South Texas)
"I like that we do hands on because I don't like just sitting in class listening, I like to be active. That's why I love the Ford program because you're always on the go ."
– Juan Antonio G., sophomore
PSJA ISD Student (South Texas)
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