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Veteran's Affairs Plus discusses the issues that veterans in Las Vegas deal with on a daily basis. Your host, David L. Washington connects listeners with relevant community resources and information that they need to help veterans or themselves.
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Come on, tell
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me what's going on. Great
Dave Washington 0:49
day, Las Vegas, great day. This is Veterans Affairs, plus on 91.5 jazz and more. I'm Dave Washington, your host, and I have my two grandchildren, who are both college students on the line waiting on me for a few minutes. I got a few announcements to make, and then we will get them online, and I want them to talk about a little bit about their their college experience. So KJ, how you doing?
KJ 1:13
I'm doing good. Casara,
Dave Washington 1:18
I'm fine. Great. Great. Alrighty, once again, this is Veterans Affairs, plus on 91.5 jazz and more, I must announce again that I will be having a 75th birthday party in March, and donations will be taken, and they will be for look back halls, the EDI endowment and the bill and Cherise Sullivan Foundation here at UNLV, they've done such an outstanding job in helping and assisting young folks. On the line of condolences, we certainly want to give condolences to the Glasgow family, as feliga lost his sister, and Diane was just such a great lady. She was always calling Marcia or me and just checking out my status with my health issues. So we hope that God was pleased with the work that she did while he on Earth. Nedra, our sister, Nedra and her sisters lost their mom just recently. In fact, when this show airs, they will be funeralizing her, and then they're going to have a repast. But certainly. Nedra Armstrong, we we love you, and we know that you've done a lot of work in this community, and you're still doing the work that's necessary. As Karen Hunter on one of the radio shows, you said, bring your brick and do something. Don't just talk about it, be about it. So once again, condolences to those families. Birthdays certainly I want to mention again, my brother, buddy Leon, also, we have our youngest daughter, Amber's birthday is this month. KJ and Kazar. Can y'all think about? Think of anyone else who has a birthday that you're aware of that you want to mention on this radio show.
Kasara Washington 3:03
Well, my best friend's birthday was the fourth,
Dave Washington 3:09
fourth of January.
Kasara Washington 3:12
Yeah, give her name, all right.
Kasara Washington 3:17
KJ, turned 19.
Dave Washington 3:21
Excellent, excellent. KJ, you got anyone
KJ 3:27
I don't have? Yeah, my little brother, his birthday just passed in December. And my little brother, name is Tyson, by the way, and my my teammate, my homie, at his birthday also just passed in December too. Want to give him a shout out. Happy related birthday to that.
Dave Washington 3:45
Oh, cool. All right. All right, guys, we're gonna have a conversation. And first, I like to start out with this particular question, how has it gone in your first year? Kg, and I know you're a sophomore now, and then we'll come to you.
KJ 3:59
Kasara, um, my year, my year's been going good, obviously, yeah, like you said, I'm a sophomore now, so I feel like, after the first year, I definitely learned a lot, and it's really just a lot of learning about myself and about others around me. I feel like that's, that's what I learned most about being in college and being everything, and growing on my own, developing my characteristics.
Dave Washington 4:29
Okay, so share some of the things that you feel you've learned over that first year, as well as going to your sophomore year.
KJ 4:37
Um, just uh, I feel like to stay motivated, stay on on track and stay consistent,
Dave Washington 4:45
is what I really learned. Oh, great. Ca, same question,
Kasara Washington 4:50
I would say that it went good. It felt pretty similar to being here. Just because I've always been kind of an independent person, so that I didn't really feel too big of a transition with moving away. But I would say definitely it takes more getting used to, to adjusting your routines, to being away like I'm used to when I go to the gym, driving there, and being able to just sit in my car for a second and then go in and it's like you have to go because you already took the time to drive over. But since the gym is just so walk away at school just knowing it's always there. It takes more motivation to actually go just knowing it's not going anywhere.
Dave Washington 5:55
Interesting, interesting. So tell our listening audience where you going to school? KJ, and if you would,
KJ 6:04
I went to Metropolitan Community College my first year, and I'm now going to Lakeland Community College, and I am going to transfer somewhere over to the West Coast soon.
Dave Washington 6:16
So that's near Cleveland. How far out is it from Cleveland, the school that you're attending now,
KJ 6:22
probably, like, 20 minutes away from Cleveland.
Dave Washington 6:26
Okay, so you get to to interact with your relatives at various points. Yes. What do you think about that?
KJ 6:35
Um, it's definitely helpful. You know, sometimes being able to, like, you know, when I need to get away or something, or when I just want to, want to see my family a little bit, if you don't hang out with my cousins on the other side or whatever, or my grandparents, you know, it's just cool. Like to be able to, you know, see them from
Dave Washington 6:58
time to time. That's great. So who, who's your age, out of out of your cousins?
KJ 7:04
Um, they all, well, my one of my cousins, they all like, all like, Dang man near my age. I feel like, okay, just like, like, either a year or two or three apart, we all like, just around the area.
Dave Washington 7:24
Okay, what I want you to do now is share some of the classes that you've taken and how did grades go in that first year. In my
KJ 7:33
first year, I took like, two business classes, and I took English class, an English class, English 101. And I think I did something for music as well, if I can remember. But a couple of them just goes to my to my degree, what I'm working for, because I'm studying Associates of Arts and Business right now. So doing our appreciation and stuff like that in business classes, most mostly, though, that's mine, so I'm really looking forward to
Dave Washington 8:08
Excellent, excellent. And you didn't say that you considering moving toward the west coast? Yeah, is there a particular reason?
KJ 8:17
Um, I feel like it would. It would just be much easier and better if I was close to, you know, home, and I feel like there's an energy shift, like, between the east and west coast. And me personally, I feel like I just like the West Coast better. So I feel like I'm it would be just nice to come back around this side where I was raised?
Dave Washington 8:41
Oh, cool, well, at least you got it playing out in your head. So casara, where you at?
Kasara Washington 8:47
I took again English class. I had a music class and anthropology class and econ class and math class, and they all were fine as well, well.
Dave Washington 9:11
So talk about the you say, e commerce,
Kasara Washington 9:16
econ economics.
Dave Washington 9:19
Okay, tell us a little bit about well,
Kasara Washington 9:23
it was fine. I had taken macro economics last school year, so some of the stuff I was already familiar with, but I would say I was able to learn more, taking it there rather than last year, just because sometimes my teacher last school year, it was just really going through a presentation and not really it. Explaining as much as I got to be explained doing it this time around, but it was still more macro economics based. So I have to take econ 102 this upcoming semester, and it'll be micro economics, so that'll be my first time learning about that Excellent, excellent.
Dave Washington 10:28
So what's your total number of classes, kg and your total number?
KJ 10:35
Well, first I took, I think, like, four or five classes each semester so far. So the first year, I ended up gaining 26 credits out of the year. And then this, I'm just, I'm just trying to do the same, and I feel like going to college. It really just depends on what you want to like do in life, right? Like, what your plan is, and, I mean, because not everybody will need College. Like, I just feel like it's just a it's just another source to get where you want to get for what you want to major in. I feel like, so you want to major in something. You know, you could probably go to college, but you don't have to do that to be successful. I feel like,
Dave Washington 11:24
well, well said, and you said you were taking some business type classes. Explain those real quick,
KJ 11:30
if you would. Yeah, I'm just, I'm learning, like, how to do the real estate or, like, starting my own business, and being able to create ideas, and, you know, just be creative with it, and just try to see if I can do anything else.
Dave Washington 11:48
Excellent. I feel like cool.
Kasara Washington 11:53
Last semester, I took six in total, which included, like this seminar type class that count as much as a real class, I would say, yeah, just depends on what you do with your time at college, because if you go and, like, you don't make connections or anything, I would say it could be considered a waste of money, like, even if, okay, you're coming out with knowledge, I think big part of is being introduced to people that can help you along the way to get to where you are. So I would say using sources like that are definitely something that's nice to come out of going to college.
Dave Washington 12:53
We'll see it. I tell people all the time, there was a lot of folks who helped me as I was seeking to become a fire chief. It was a lot of people, black and white, male and female, kind of did some mentoring with me, and it was very helpful. And things that's, that's, you know, that's not good for you. You just toss those to the side and keep rolling. But those you guys made some interesting points. So you want to say something else.
KJ 13:18
KJ, now I'm good. I just feel like everybody that decides to go to college out to have fun, but also make sure you learn how to stay on top of everything.
Dave Washington 13:32
Absolutely, absolutely. So what's a this to you? Ca, what's a typical day?
Kasara Washington 13:39
Like, um, it um, if or if it's a day where I have classes, I'll wake up and go to them, then I'm usually back in my room, and our friends will come over, and we'll be in there with them. Then, because my dorm building is so far, we get food trucks. So if that's something is, well, if the food truck or something and I want to eat, I'll go and get food from there for dinner, and then going to the gym. I usually go really late, just because so many people at my school act like use the gym. So I prefer to go when it's less crowded, and still have to go later, but then come back into my room and get ready to take a shower, and then do that and come back and just go on like my phone in my bed.
Dave Washington 15:00
Okay, so the gym is actually on campus, yeah.
Kasara Washington 15:06
Okay, cool. Before I came back home for break, I saw that my membership from home was still turned on, and I prefer that gym. So I started like taking the trolley over to that's where it is. When I started to just go there if I didn't feel like going to the school gym, since I still had the option
Dave Washington 15:42
Okay, and how far is that? Minute? Wise, 10 minutes, 15 minutes.
Kasara Washington 15:46
Well, driving, it would be like 20 to 30 minutes takes, like an hour and 20 minutes to get there, using the trolley because it has, like, all the stops and stuff, but I would say it was worth it, because I got to go and actually,
Dave Washington 16:11
okay, so. KJ, what is your your gym regiment? I'm trust you have one as a bowler,
KJ 16:18
um, it will usually be like the school gym. So sometimes, like throughout the day, when I have enough time, I will go to the I'll go to my school gym, or I'll go to the gym that's on my apartment complex where I stay in, which is about minutes away from the school. So it's not that bad of a drive. Like the only problem. Sometimes it's like the weather, when, when it gets, like, snowy, bad rain, is a lot better. And that's when I have trouble, like, you know, being able to get from like, to this to the school for my partners. But besides that, that's where I be, you know, work at
Dave Washington 16:58
so are you with a group, or do you generally work out alone. How disciplined you are you in terms of working out, what's your strategy?
KJ 17:09
At the moment, since I am because I have red shirted this year, since I played for the basketball team, I have red shirted this year. So at the moment, I'm still trying to find a good schedule, because now there's a lot of things that I got to do, so I'm just still working on figuring that out right now.
Dave Washington 17:30
Cool once again, this is Veterans Affairs, plus on 91.5 jazz and more. I have two of my grandchildren, two college students, KJ and casar are doing a great job keeping those grades tight, which is very, very important, and to each of your points, college isn't for everyone, as you both have stated, you know, find what you're committed to, and put in that time and effort that's extremely important. So is there any particular schools on your list, kg, in terms of the West Coast,
KJ 18:04
not at the moment, but just anywhere I can build a hoop.
Dave Washington 18:09
All right, so where your buddies that y'all transferred together? Where are they from?
KJ 18:16
One is from Atlanta. That one was from Columbus.
Dave Washington 18:20
Okay, so what's what's their plan? Are they playing? Are they they red shirt as well? Okay, all right, sounds good. So you have your car there, yes. How is the driving? KJ, compared to here, when you consider the weather there,
KJ 18:43
um, definitely driving out, out here in the west coast is definitely more easier and more smoother. Because once you get to that East Coast, it's a lot of bumps, trees and then bad weather, cold weather, is doing a lot, it's doing a lot of like, you know, damage to, like, cars and stuff like that. So my car, being a lot of snow on and stuff like that, just not used to it,
Dave Washington 19:12
right, right? So, CA, you're restricted as a freshman to have a car, yeah.
Kasara Washington 19:19
So, like, Uber a lot of places, because otherwise I can't get there.
Dave Washington 19:32
So in terms of preparation for when you can have a car, is there any particular steps you got to take. And I want you to share, you guys to share different things for for young folks who may be chiming into to the program,
Kasara Washington 19:50
I don't know of all the steps I have to take yet, because I technically I could have brought my car like there's a cut. Couple people who have it, but it would just be unnecessary expenses. Have to pay for a parking pass because it's not like I'm living off campus, so I don't have necessary drives, even though I like to be off campus, but it'll definitely be helpful once I have my car, because it's nice being in San Diego, but I don't really see actual San Diego, like what people would ask or would assume that I would get to see often just because our campus isn't close everything, like the where my where lifetime is in La Jolla, that's a nicer spot in San Diego, and it That's our new decently far. But if I would have applied to UCSD that and USD is are both more in that area, so there, there are schools that are placed better, but I guess I'll just have to wait till I can get my car out there to see all of San Diego.
Dave Washington 21:30
All right, so you've been getting a little help from as KJ mentioned, he get a chance to interact with his relatives there in the Cleveland area. So you get a chance to deal with Patton and her
Kasara Washington 21:42
daughter. Say it again. I
Dave Washington 21:45
said, Your auntie Pat? Oh yeah,
Kasara Washington 21:49
but I sometimes my schedule doesn't really free up enough. So Dave really only seen Aunt Pat when she's taking me to the airport.
Dave Washington 22:11
Well, we still got some time. So what do you guys think about overall, once again, and what can you share to others who may be considering going to college. And there's a there's a couple of young men that I've been trying to get on the show, and I think the kind of squeamish about getting on the mic, but they've gone to one, one gentleman, he's already graduated Niger. He has already graduated from UNLV, and he came out of high school with an associate's degree, and then only had to do two years here at unob to get his bachelor's degree. Any thoughts on it? Not for you guys necessarily, of course, but for your brothers.
Kasara Washington 22:56
I think it's nice to get credits in high school, like, I got a couple from doing a few AP and, like, honors classes that I think I wouldn't like tell anyone to do it if they weren't sure of doing it themselves, just because I feel like college is also the place like, even though, yeah, you should be using it to its most potential, like education and resource and like networking wise, I would say it's still a time For how young you are to utilize and make you know new friends and everything, and to only have two years and still be like young unless you're 100% sure of it. I wouldn't like tell anyone to do it.
Dave Washington 23:57
Okay. What about you? Kg,
KJ 24:01
I would probably have to disagree. I'm not to agree to that.
Dave Washington 24:07
You are familiar with the program. Yeah, I'm
KJ 24:09
familiar with the program, so we want to do agree, but yeah,
Dave Washington 24:14
so we got about three and a half four minutes, any closing remarks you guys like to share with our listening audience about school and and just life in general. It seems like both of you guys are on a track to be entrepreneurs, to be business people. Is that correct? So let's share some information about that.
Kasara Washington 24:39
I guess right now, what I could see myself actually doing is hopefully taking over good works once my dad is done with it. But I think in the meantime, I'm interested in. Well, I would want to get, like, an internship for the Lakers to do social media, because I think I'm more interested in that side of marketing. Dave would be something I would ideally want to do.
Dave Washington 25:21
Alright, so tell our listening audience a little bit, and your dad has been to include one of his vice presidents have been on the show. Explain quickly, if you will, then we're going to come to you. KJ, because I know your dad do a lot of real estate. It seems like I thought I heard you say something about real estate. Explain, good works, Casa.
Kasara Washington 25:40
It's for temporary workers. And it could be described as like Uber for work, where once your profile is set up and you have a requirement for whatever job preferences you put, you'll be offered shifts and so and it's not just a one time job, you are continuously offered work, which is nice, and I think it's helpful now that a lot of people it's harder to have set in stone. Jobs is a nice way to not be or just to not have a job at all.
Dave Washington 26:30
Cool. KJ, you got about a minute? Yes,
KJ 26:36
I will say the one thing that I can see myself doing, obviously, like I had mentioned earlier, was real estate. I could see myself doing real estate or being able to to design my own my own things, and be able to basically, like, just be my own boss, and also be like a barbecue on the side.
Dave Washington 27:01
Excellent. Well, go ahead. Also
KJ 27:04
want to be able to, like, you know, invest into, like, an online culture business too, because I know I like, since I'm an athlete, I can be able to do that and be able to, like, earn commission on advertisements and stuff like that, too. Excellent.
Dave Washington 27:17
All right. Well, grandchildren, KJ and casara, seemed like you got your head on right once again, to our listening audiences, Veterans Affairs plus 91.5 jazz and more, signing off. Thank you all for coming
Kasara Washington 27:29
on. Thank you
Dave Washington 27:32
alrighty. Talk to you.
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You all the smoke in the air, till the hate when they stare, all the pain that we bear.
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