Students Make Competitive Salaries, Prepare for College after Enrolling in P-TECH & T-STEM Courses Share via: Looking For Something Different With Tech Classes Ashley Rives knew she wanted her education to include hands-on classes. When selecting her pathway in Duncanville High School’s Career and Technical Education program, she narrowed down her options by ruling out what she didn’t want to do first. “I just didn’t want to be in nursing or culinary or any other stuff. It didn’t stand out to me,” Ashley said. “I wanted to do something different, so I decided to go with Auto Tech.”