he needs that piece of paper to take advantage of the welding trade he learned while at his last placement facility. >> if he can come out of placement and he has a trade, if any of the kids have a trade, then it makes them marketable, it means they can survive and support themselves without having to turn to a life of crime to do that. >> i really did believe there's a big part of rick has would like to turn the tide. would like to continue on with the welding works like to minimally get his ged, would like to live on the right side of the law. the flip side to that is, that's a lot of work. >> you think somebody's going to be here for you?