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"We created a show and a scenario for college students where they can take what they learn in class every day and apply it to the real world"

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There’s a quietly strategic humility in Ross Martin’s line: it sells practicality without admitting it’s selling anything at all. “We created a show and a scenario” frames the project as an experiment, not a product, slipping past the skepticism college students have toward anything that smells like careerism. The phrase “show” also does double duty. It suggests entertainment, accessibility, maybe even campus cool, while “scenario” reassures administrators and parents that this is structured, safe, and legible as learning.

The intent is clear: collapse the gulf between theory and application, the complaint students voice when tuition feels like an abstract subscription. “Every day” is the emotional lever. It implies immediacy and repetition, as if the classroom is a daily feed of usable tools rather than a slow-burn accumulation of ideas. That cadence flatters students as active doers, not passive recipients, and it positions Martin’s project as the missing bridge the institution allegedly forgot to build.

The subtext is also an indictment: if you need a show to “apply it to the real world,” then the default curriculum is being cast as insufficiently real. It’s a gentle critique wrapped in solution-speak. In a culture where internships, side hustles, and “portfolio careers” are treated as necessities, this pitch meets students where they are: anxious, pragmatic, and hungry for proof that learning converts into outcomes. It’s pedagogy as content, education rebranded to compete with everything else demanding attention.

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Martin, Ross. (2026, January 15). We created a show and a scenario for college students where they can take what they learn in class every day and apply it to the real world. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-created-a-show-and-a-scenario-for-college-170998/

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Martin, Ross. "We created a show and a scenario for college students where they can take what they learn in class every day and apply it to the real world." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-created-a-show-and-a-scenario-for-college-170998/.

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"We created a show and a scenario for college students where they can take what they learn in class every day and apply it to the real world." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-created-a-show-and-a-scenario-for-college-170998/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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