Gaming: Your Child's New Career?

Crying in My Car: A Podcast for Teachers

Devin Siebold

Teacher, Education, Satire, Teachers, Boredteachers, Comedy, Comedian

4.8 • 685 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

They’re giving scholarships to influencers!?

Welcome back to Crying In My Car, a podcast for teachers! Join our hosts Devin Siebold and James Yon as they consider changing their careers to become pro gamers. Is posting on instagram a real job? Of course it is! And apparently colleges are starting to catch on by giving social media influencers scholarships. They also found out this week that private schools are finally starting to become more obtainable for families in Florida, but is that even a good thing?

You know, when we were kids video games were a lot simpler, but we've come a long way from cheating by picking Bo Jackson in Tecmo bowl. When you think about it, the gaming industry has grown almost enough to be bigger than the movie industry, so why aren't we encouraging students from pursuing a career in pro gaming?

Being an influencer is the newest and best form of marketing today, and people are starting to catch on. They are now apparently giving scholarships to influencers at Western Government University to study how to become a better influencer. Seriously, where was this when we were going to college!?

This week we have some great news for our listeners in Florida! Governor DeSantis passed a new bill that's going to award $8,000 to anyone who wants to put their kids into private schools! This is great news for parents, almost a little too great, what's the catch here? Tune in to find out more!

Jump right in!

5:22 $8,000 Private School Debate

11:39 Teacher-Turned-Comedian's Journey

18:15 Gaming in the Job Market

25:47 Social Media Degree Viability

33:02 Gaming: Education vs. Career

40:59 Private vs. Public School

So log onto steam and get your twitch stream ready, but first go ahead and check out this week's episode of Crying In My Car, a podcast for teachers.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's me James Yon. I'm joining my good friend here, Devin Seabold.
0:04.0	And on this episode of Crying in My Car, we're going to talk about the Florida voucher system
0:08.7	and how Governor DeSantis is giving everyone, no matter what your income, eight grand.
0:13.4	That's right. Then we're going to talk about the pros and cons of your kid going to a private school and how they ruined Devin.
0:19.5	Then we're going to wrap things up with the new social media influencer college program
0:24.7	that your kid can get.
0:26.6	A brand-new episode of Crying in My Car starts now. Hey!
0:50.3	Hey, what's up everybody? It's me, James John, comedian, and parent.
0:55.0	And I'm here with Devin Seabold, who is a teacher slash parent slash comedian as well.
1:00.0	This is a new episode of crying in my car.
1:02.0	We're going to have a good time because I get to talk today.
1:04.0	That's right.
1:05.0	I get to lead the pact.
1:06.0	I'll allow it.
1:07.0	Thank you, sir.
1:09.0	You're a kind and generous generous benevolent leader. Okay. But first, I want to
1:13.3	talk about the tour dates, James. Of course you do. Yes, I would like to supersede you if you don't mind.
1:19.1	As always. Redland, Vermont, we're coming to you. Board Teachers tour dates. Rutland,
1:22.8	Vermont, September 12th. Don't forget, Syracuse, New York, Buffalo, New York, Erie, Pennsylvania. That's September 13th, 14th, and 15th. And then we're also going back to Ohio.
1:34.3	September 19th, Dayton, South Bend, Indiana on the 20th of September, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and then Detroit, Michigan, that's September 21st and 22nd.
1:44.7	Grand Rapids already low tickets, and it's several months out. So, yeah, you definitely want to
1:50.0	get those tickets, man. I'm looking forward to it. I love it. Anyways, back to you. Okay, thank you so
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