From Knucklehead to Businessman: James Tucker
“What you see is what you get.” This is how one of Oryx Nashville’s Senior Corporate Trainers, James Tucker, describes himself. Well, we sat down with James one-on-one to see exactly what we get. So, James, where are you from? I was born and raised in Chicago, IL What were you like growing up? I was a knucklehead for sure; I was known for pestering teachers. Give me an example of when you pestered a teacher I remember a time in Chemistry class on a test day, another student sarcastically asked the teacher if he had to take the test. The teacher smirked and said, “If you have a 100-grade average, then you don’t have to take it. Do you have a 100 average?” The student shook his head. Continuing to pass out the tests, the teacher made her way to me. She placed the test on my desk, I wrote my name at the top, and I slid my test to the front my desk and said, “Done.” Puzzled, the teacher asked, “What?” I replied, “Well, you said told that guy that he didn’t have