WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:02.279 Start to finish, We'll be okay. 2 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:06.919 Here twenty twenty five, here right here on fifty five 3 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:28.000 KRS the talk station, Soto six, the fifty five KRCD 4 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:28.600 talk station. 5 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:34.520 A very happy Tuesday, Tu, Welcome. 6 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:35.479 To the fifty five KRC Morning Show. 7 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:38.479 And congratulations the voters in Green Township District thirty voters 8 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:42.520 for doing the right thing electing my next guest state representative. 9 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:45.079 And it's nice to be able to say that, Mike Odio. So, Mike, 10 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:46.799 welcome to the morning show. It's a real pleasure to 11 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:47.600 have you on my friend. 12 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:51.439 Hey, thanks a lot, Brian, I really appreciate it. This 13 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:54.920 is a great opportunity. I'm glad you reached out to 14 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:59.520 me and shout out to my friends and voters and 15 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:08.400 the district which is Green Township, Dalai Township, also Miami Township, 16 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:15.680 North Bend, Cleaves, and the wonderful municipality of Shiviot. 17 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:19.040 Heck yeah, West said, I love it because of course 18 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:21.000 I grew up in Dell High Yes, man, I get 19 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:23.000 it all day long, and I've you know, you've been 20 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:25.359 with some listener lunches before, and you know, I'm just 21 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:28.079 surprised it took you so long to run for office, Mike, 22 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:31.920 because everybody on the West Side knows how politically engaged 23 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:33.920 you are and how active you are and doing your 24 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.560 volunteer work, and I mean, this just seems like the 25 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:38.000 perfect fit for you. 26 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:43.319 Well, I had a wonderful career at Saint Xavier High School. 27 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:46.519 I'll tell you just if you count a part time 28 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:49.319 my first year, I had thirty years out there, most 29 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:52.920 as a teacher. So as an administrator, I was in 30 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:56.159 an ideal situation. And I had to make sure that 31 00:01:56.239 --> 00:01:58.680 I stuck around long enough for my son to get 32 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:01.120 free tuition when he graduate waited in twenty twenty. 33 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:02.519 I get that all day long. 34 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:06.760 That's seventeen thousand reasons to stick around. 35 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:13.599 But the really I really started thinking. 36 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:16.240 About the State Rep position when I was lobbying on 37 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:19.919 behalf of the Development and Disabled in twenty fourteen or so, 38 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:24.960 and now Senator Romachuck Mark Romachuck suggested that I run 39 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:27.960 for State Rep. And then when I was I was 40 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:35.599 helping Bill Sites, the honorable Bill Sites, legendary Darry Legislator 41 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:38.840 put up signs in green Township is when he asked 42 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:40.319 me if I wanted to be State Rep. 43 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:41.599 And that was in. 44 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:46.120 About twenty eighteen. I believe so, and of course I 45 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:49.360 was in no way going to challenge and would never 46 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:52.639 do it Bill Sites, of course, And I was. 47 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:53.879 Thinking about this the other day. 48 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:56.560 I think Bill Sites is probably the person that I 49 00:02:56.680 --> 00:03:00.560 voted for the most times in my life, given his 50 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:03.400 twenty four years in the state legislature and before that 51 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:04.960 as Green Township trustee. 52 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:08.199 I so anyway, I. 53 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:09.360 You know, it was a great honor to be able 54 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:12.159 to follow a bill in this in this wonderful seat 55 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:15.759 and represent the people in the thirtieth District and my 56 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:20.080 beloved Green Township, del High, Miami Township, and the rest 57 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:24.159 of municipalities. Because for most of my life, which includes 58 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:28.000 basically after moving from Summit, New Jersey when I was 59 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:31.400 six years old with my mom and dad, I've lived 60 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:34.879 in Green Township ever since. And so yes, I am 61 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:37.560 a west Sider, although I was born on the East side. 62 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:43.680 Well, you made the right choice, or your parents made 63 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:46.120 the right choice moving over to the west side. But 64 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:48.520 I do remember the commute from from del Hi O 65 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:50.840 to Saint Xavier High School because I swam on the 66 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:53.280 Marlins and keating that datorium. And so when I asked, 67 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:55.639 when I asked, my dad what my options for for 68 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:57.599 high school because I said I wanted to go to Elder. 69 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:02.000 Sorry he went to Elder. He said, you got two choices, 70 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:05.000 O Kills or Xavier. And since I've been going to 71 00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:07.919 Xavier every day of my life for the prior three years, 72 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:10.039 I'm like, I'm not doing that commute for the next 73 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:13.159 three more years. So, Okills is what I chose, and 74 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:16.040 I don't regret it. But you're a Saint Xavier grad yourself, 75 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:18.680 and you also have a double bearcat like me, University 76 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:21.079 of Cincinnati history degree fall by a law degree. So 77 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:25.040 that's kind of the path I took and right well 78 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:28.720 served by the University of Cincinnati's education, So I have 79 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:29.439 no complaints. 80 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:32.399 Absolutely yeah me either. Absolutely great. 81 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:34.480 It was a great It was a great value going 82 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:38.040 to UC and both undergrad and graduate school. 83 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:39.279 And then I. 84 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:41.879 Also got a Master's of Education from Mount Saint Joe, 85 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:46.360 which right I absolutely loved. So that that and of course, 86 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:51.519 my my journey into from practice in law to you know, 87 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:54.439 becoming a teacher at Saint Xavier High School ran through 88 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:56.720 Mount Saint Joe. So shout out to Mount Saint Joe. 89 00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:59.800 Yeah, and what a perfect fit, you know, I don't 90 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:02.000 know how you thought about law school. I'm fortunate enough 91 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:03.800 to have met my wife in law school, which is 92 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:06.720 enough reason for me to have a happy experience with it. 93 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:10.160 But I loved law school because of the Socratic method 94 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:12.920 and the exchange that you would have and the back 95 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:16.680 and forth open discussion. And that just doesn't seem to 96 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:19.800 exist anymore. And the reason I point that out because again, 97 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:22.040 being an educator at Saint Xavier High School, you taught 98 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:25.439 government economics, modern world history, US history, world cultures, in 99 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:28.720 American Civil War. That's an environment that is open to 100 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:30.519 that type of teaching methodology. 101 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:31.680 Were you able to do that? 102 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:33.959 And I'm thinking of in modern times when we have 103 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:39.680 such divided politics and such you know, thin skin sensitive 104 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:43.240 people who can't face criticism or you know, but the 105 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:47.839 the the idea that you intended to insult somebody, like microaggressions, 106 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:49.839 you have to deal with that stuff. Was that did 107 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:52.279 that exist during your period over the course of your 108 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:54.920 teaching and Xavier High School or did there remain a 109 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:58.639 really open environment for learning and and and and teaching 110 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:02.120 logic and reason and critical thinking skills. 111 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:04.759 If if that had become the case, I would have 112 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:10.959 left you know, I really I'm at the point at 113 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:14.639 some point in my adultthood, I just decided that I 114 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:18.079 wanted to be around positive people. I wanted to be 115 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:22.399 around open thinkers, and I certainly was not going to 116 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:25.639 teach anything other than that when it came to my students. 117 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:29.199 So no, but Saint Xavier always was and still is 118 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:35.079 just a wonderful place. It's the the closest you can 119 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:39.000 get to having a college or what used to be. 120 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:43.360 I guess when we were going through college college experience 121 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:46.000 on a high school level, and of course with the 122 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:50.160 Jesuit mission, the Catholic Church's mission, I felt completely at 123 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:53.639 ease and I thrived there and a big shout out 124 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:57.079 to everyone in Sant's High School, the Social studies department, 125 00:06:57.560 --> 00:07:01.199 the administration, and my fellow equlty members and the staff 126 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:03.800 out there are just incredible. So I was, and of 127 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:07.240 course the facilities. I'd football for sixteen years. That was 128 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:10.120 a wonderful experience. And I was also a mock trial 129 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:14.680 moderator for two years. The first year we finished runner 130 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:16.959 up in the state on mock trial, and then my 131 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:20.959 second year we got a state championship in mock trial, 132 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:23.639 which I asked for a ring, but that that wasn't 133 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:24.759 for forthcoming. 134 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:27.839 They deserve it. 135 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:31.240 So, yeah, those mock trials are a great time and 136 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:33.959 a great learning opportunity for young people. You know, get 137 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:37.839 out there and make arguments and you know, just stand 138 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:40.680 on your own abilities. And I've also judged some of 139 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:41.519 those over the years. 140 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:45.079 Well that's great, and so you know exactly what that 141 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:51.680 mental abstract thinking ping pong tournament is and and but 142 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:57.040 you know, the thing is is that all these experiences, 143 00:07:57.240 --> 00:08:01.639 you know, for the students in extracurriculars, different clubs, the 144 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:04.639 band and other things are just vitally important to being 145 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:09.639 a successful adult and really grasping some kind of some 146 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:11.439 more serenity out of life, you know. 147 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:11.920 Yeh. 148 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:17.040 And so, but the abstract thinking skills was something I 149 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:20.560 was very very cognitive of and was a major objective 150 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:24.319 of all my classes, as is complete alignment with the 151 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:30.360 Jesuit Educational Mission and anything we can do to assist 152 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:33.559 you know, the public schools and all students in Ohio 153 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:37.159 to practice abstract thinking skills to break them out of 154 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.840 concrete thinking, is vitally important, especially as we head into 155 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:45.919 a hyper age of technology and communication. 156 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:49.080 Yeah, and that's I'm glad you brought that last point 157 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:52.639 up because you know, I struggle with how young people 158 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:54.279 are going to get well be able to cope with 159 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:56.879 life's challenges as they go through, because it's not that 160 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:00.360 the default now if you're asked a question is just 161 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:02.519 immediately to do a search on your search engine on 162 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:06.159 your phone. You're not sort of thinking about it and 163 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:09.039 talking about subject and just it's just so easy. And 164 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:11.840 I would think that your retention, your your your ability 165 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:15.360 to retain any information, and some of it's very important, 166 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:19.080 is probably limited by the ease that you can go 167 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:21.720 out into the world and and and get the answers 168 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:23.559 to questions. It's like the old days used to have 169 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:26.200 to do mathematics on your own. You had to learn 170 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:28.879 multiplication tables, and you had to do the what was 171 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:32.000 behind the answer? Now everybody's toted around a calculator and 172 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:35.279 just doo and it's done. Do you know what's behind 173 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:36.879 the ultimate? 174 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:37.320 You know? 175 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:41.879 You know equation? Can you actually perform that calculation on 176 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:43.879 your own without a calculator? And I think that's the 177 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:45.519 part that's missing these days. 178 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:47.919 Well, I agree with you. 179 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:52.120 And the other thing that is in tandem with it 180 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:57.200 is a culture of isolation. And so a failure to 181 00:09:57.279 --> 00:10:02.440 apply all these different fields of knowledge and emotion appropriately 182 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:03.360 of course. 183 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:09.279 With the world around them. Is this. 184 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:14.039 Being tied to your phone culture. 185 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:17.559 It just leads to a culture of isolation. And with 186 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:21.720 isolation you end up with sadness, you end up with 187 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:25.480 narrow thinking, you end up with the inability to listen, 188 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:30.120 and really you end up on a path that I'm 189 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:31.840 not saying they're not happy. 190 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:35.399 But less levels of happiness and fulfillment in life. 191 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:36.399 That's what I think. 192 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:39.159 I think that's an accurate observation. Now we'll pause. 193 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:42.919 We'll bring my Codeo so back representing District thirty to 194 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:45.519 see if he's going to bring those things to legislation. 195 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:48.480 Is he going to make education reform or what else? 196 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:50.039 We're going to find out what he is going to 197 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:53.159 be focusing on in his electric capacity. 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That's boundless care for better outcomes. 243 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:09.639 Expect more. You see how dot com northbound seventy five 244 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:13.360 beginning to slow between Buttermilk and Kyles. Southbound two seventy 245 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.559 five is the heaviest of the highway traffic, with break 246 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:19.240 lights from the Lawrence purg Ramp onto the Carrol Cropper 247 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:23.480 Bridge chuck Ingramont fifty five krs The talk station. 248 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:28.759 Seven twenty fifty five KRC the talk station Happy Tuesday. 249 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:30.000 Bottom of the hour. 250 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:32.440 We're here from Jason Williams from the Cincinnian Choir on 251 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:35.559 the problems going on between the County and the Bengals 252 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:39.200 in terms of the least negotiations. The meantime, though, Mike Odeoso, 253 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:42.080 now representing District thirty here in the state of Ohio, 254 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:44.799 plan I presume Mike, you're planning on hitting the ground 255 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:47.679 running with this new gig. Is are talking about all 256 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:51.039 your background and education, and what an amazing background it is. 257 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:54.480 Do you plan on bringing some of that education experience 258 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:56.679 that maybe brings some reform to the state of Ohio, 259 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:59.279 either by way of house schools are funded or perhaps 260 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:01.559 the curriculum. Do you have any ideas along those lines? 261 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:05.399 Mike, Well, it's a work in progress. 262 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:10.559 First of all, I've been in conversations with our wonderful 263 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:14.799 school districts, for example Oak Hill School District and the 264 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:18.559 Three River School District. I need to do more interaction 265 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:21.799 and learn more about the Sinciety Public School District. But 266 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:24.759 I do have the idea first, you know, I do 267 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:27.639 want to make sure that people understand I do support 268 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:33.039 the public schools. I support the public school students obviously, 269 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:37.840 though that there needs to be some changes. I think 270 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:40.000 that I'm going to be looking very carefully at the 271 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:43.679 curriculum as it relates to my position as Vice chair 272 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:49.200 of Education Committee in the State House. The issue is 273 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:53.159 also segues with the property tax issue, which of course 274 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:57.879 which of course is also a major part of education 275 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:01.720 in terms of the funding formula and tweaks to it. 276 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:05.879 I don't think the answer is throwing. 277 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:06.600 More money at that. 278 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:09.200 We of course have to stick in some ways to 279 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:14.320 the funding formula because of course the original funding formula 280 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:17.440 was considered unconstitutional by the Ohio State Supreme Court. 281 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:22.120 Yeah, going on like thirty years ago, that's right, correct. 282 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.519 But you know, I think that there's the issue I 283 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:30.159 see is it's on the record going to support the 284 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:35.159 public schools and work with them. The main complaint I 285 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:40.200 hear from the public school sector is the complaint about 286 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:44.200 a lack of accountability for the voucher program expansion. And 287 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:46.840 when I listen to their complaint that they say that, 288 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:50.240 you know, these funds aren't regulated to the same extent, 289 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:53.519 of course as public funds for the public schools. 290 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:54.720 When I really think. 291 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:57.360 About it, it really comes down to an argument that 292 00:15:57.039 --> 00:16:00.399 they're making that it's just not fair look at the 293 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:03.919 benefits of having less regulation for the school funds to 294 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:07.159 go to the private schools. And what I really do 295 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:10.200 recognize as a teacher at a private school for thirty years, 296 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:13.440 is that the accountability the private schools get is from 297 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:18.240 the people that pay their tuition, and also the other 298 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:23.240 accountability is the alumni of these private schools. So rather 299 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:26.840 than taking away one of the great benefits of private schools, 300 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:29.879 which is less regulation as it relates to spending, I 301 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:32.840 would be more interested at this point to engage with 302 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:36.039 the public school sector and say what regulations can we 303 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:41.039 remove from the educational structure they would actually make their 304 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:45.759 lives easier, make their in terms of consuming time for administration. 305 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:47.799 I would look at the. 306 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:50.159 Testing battery to see if we can remove some of 307 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:53.000 the tests they have to give to their students. I 308 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:56.840 look at bus transportation, and with the funding formula, I 309 00:16:56.840 --> 00:17:00.919 would consider the funds they receive, for example, for their 310 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:05.599 operating expenditures, to give them some leeway to be able 311 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:08.400 to spend those moneys on you know, maintenance and perhaps 312 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:12.359 some small capital programs within their districts. But you know, 313 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:14.720 the bottom line is that there's a whole other level 314 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:17.599 of education in Ohio. I was on the board of 315 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:21.559 three charter schools. I think the charter school pro system 316 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:24.160 is a good system. I also think. 317 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:27.160 That the you know, homeschooling system is a good system. 318 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:28.440 I would like to see if. 319 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:31.680 They could, if the homeschools could further expand their their 320 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:36.000 regular school time activities and perhaps in their churches, but 321 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:36.799 I don't. 322 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:39.519 I think the model that I like the most right 323 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.880 now for. 324 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:44.359 Creativity, because I think we have to be creative in 325 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:48.200 education is the model used by the Classical Academy and 326 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:52.480 Reading Amen. I mean that turned out to be. I 327 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:56.160 was approached by them, and I engaged with them at 328 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:59.519 the very beginning before they were open with their their 329 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:03.039 their lead Mike Rose and others, and so I got 330 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:06.000 to see that the creation of that and that's that's 331 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:07.359 essentially a charter school. 332 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:13.640 So I think it's been a huge success. 333 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:16.519 I am partial. 334 00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:21.519 To its background with the Hillsdale College system and method 335 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:25.039 of education, and the more I look into that, the more. 336 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:26.880 I find that to be absolutely fascinating. 337 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:31.160 How they have like a metaphysical approach and classical approach 338 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:33.440 to education which does all the things that we were 339 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:36.680 talking about earlier when it comes to abstract thinking, for example, 340 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:40.240 and working in groups and teamwork, and those are the 341 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:42.440 things we did at since Davi High School. But I 342 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:45.400 just think that that's a model that, you know, what 343 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:49.200 can we do to assist and it doesn't have to be, 344 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:53.359 you know, a particular political background when it comes to 345 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:55.960 these things. I mean, I'm open to other approaches to 346 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:59.119 besides you know, Hillsdale, but it still has to. 347 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:00.680 In the end be very good education. 348 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:04.759 And the other thing I was wondering about is, you know, 349 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:08.319 the Constitution says that there's a separation of church and state, 350 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:11.880 which I respect, but is it in the Constitution to 351 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:16.680 have a separation of school and the spirit Because I 352 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:19.720 look at education as being completely aligned with the soul 353 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:22.480 and the growth of the soul, and I could see 354 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:27.200 activities that in curriculum that would not violate church and 355 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:30.279 state separations, which I respect, but at. 356 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:33.559 Least the behaviors that come with getting. 357 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:35.839 A better understanding of what we call our soul and 358 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:38.640 our place in this universe. So those are kind of 359 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:41.160 like the heavy thinking things. Really, what I'm going to 360 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:44.759 be looking for is the gifts of the Holy Spirit 361 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:48.079 and education, and that would apply also to public education. 362 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:51.400 Fair enough, my codeos. So I know you and I 363 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:53.079 are at least I hope you and I have further 364 00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:56.359 conversations down the road as you establish your place and 365 00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:59.680 represent District thirty over in on the west side of Cincinnati. 366 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:01.880 I'm certain you're going to do an outstanding job, and 367 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:05.440 obviously you have a great deal of concern and compassion 368 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:09.200 for students and education, which of course is a welcome, 369 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:12.559 welcome thing, especially when being in a position to change things. 370 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:17.200 Yeah, it also extends to other things involving young people, 371 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:21.400 and I'm going to be looking in with my colleagues 372 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:23.519 about how can we help the young people out there 373 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:26.039 who I still have a connection with. Of course, heavan, 374 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:30.000 I've taught high schoolers over thirty years. We really have 375 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:32.240 to figure out a way to get them the ability 376 00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:34.839 to buy their first home or to at least live 377 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:40.920 in apartments with reasonable rent. I understand that these go 378 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:43.960 into free market principles, but let's just talk about buying 379 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:45.279 your first home. 380 00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:49.559 Getting something of the life that you and I. 381 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:51.640 Really were blessed to have lived having been born in 382 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:55.920 the sixties. Yea, and again, I really want to make 383 00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:59.359 sure the young people out there know that I'm in 384 00:20:59.440 --> 00:20:59.960 their corner. 385 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:03.519 Well, I'm sure they're well feeling comfortable with that one. 386 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:06.559 Mike Odioso, I appreciate your being on the morning show 387 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:08.799 today talking with my listeners and me, and we'll have 388 00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:12.079 you on again down the road. And anything happens in Columbus, 389 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:15.200 we need to know about legislative items, agenda anything. You've 390 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:17.319 got an open spot here on the fifty five Kerosey 391 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:18.480 Morning should have talk about it. 392 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:22.559 I will, especially since I'm also on the Energy Committee. 393 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:24.759 Oh wonderful that will be. 394 00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:28.359 That will be something I'm sure that will be filled 395 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:31.720 with all sorts of interesting issues and discussion. Hey, Brian 396 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:33.640 and Jen, thanks for asking me to get on. I 397 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:36.400 look forward to being on again. And the shout out 398 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:38.960 to the voters in the thirtieth district and the shout 399 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:40.759 out to my wife, Leslie odioso. 400 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:43.279 Smart move on that last one, my friend, out of 401 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:46.279