san antonio businessman gil puente, an alumnus of the gary job corps center outside of austin, texas, one. of course, being a school dropout, the only work i used to do was a migrant worker. you know, some of my friends that had been in school with me and they had dropped out of school and they had joined job corps. i said, wow, if these guys made it, i can make it, too. i was there for one purpose, to gain a skill, a vocation, learn a trade. so after being there 16 months at gary job corps center, i graduated as a auto mechanic, i got my gold seal, you know, my ged, and it was real exciting for me. so to me it was like, here it is on a silver platter. what are you going to do with it? i got a job. i got hired. and i was there for almost 10 or 11 years, but i felt like, i think it's time for me to just quit and start on my own, my own business. i started rebuilding compressors. slowly the business started picking up and my dream was coming true. and maybe if it wasn't for the job corps, i'd be back in my hometown. maybe not there, but in jail or maybe, you know, the easy life. i'd pro