Certified Rug Specialist Class in Dallas, Texas Day 6, Final Day

Today is the day 6 and the last day of our Certified Rug Specialist course. We are supposed to be in the class at 9:00 am to take the test which has two parts, the written part comprising 50 questions from the 400-pages book and from the topics covered in the class. Then there is a Rug-ID part in which we should identify 50 marked rugs. The passing grade for each part is 80 out of 100 which is equal to B!

If someone passes the written test let's say he gets 85 but do not pass the Rug-ID part and gets 75, he fails the class. The score of two parts are separately taken into account and do not combine.

All 8 of us will return to our home towns later this afternoon. We have people from all over the country. Two from Los Angeles (me and James), one from Monetrey , North California (Barry), one from New Jersey (Orlando), one from Philadelphia (Kevin), one from New York (Jim), one from Arizona Rick), and a lady from Alabama (Shellia). I am the only rug dealer in the class. The rest are rug cleaners and one of them is a rug cleaner as well as a dealer.

We will have 10 months to submit a rug project which should deal with one aspect of rug industry. We should chose the topic and the committee should approve the topic. After this project is done and approved, we receive our certificate and become Certified Rug Specialist.

Khosrow Sobhe
www.RugIdea.com
310-770-9085

Cerfied Rug Specialist Los Angeles

I am in Dallas, Texas to attend a one-week rug school to become Certified Rug Specialist. This advanced course is offered every two years. I was extremely busy with work in Los Angeles, but did not want to miss this opportunity to learn, to share what I know about rugs with others and to become certified.

Today, we had the first day of the class. I loved it. The instructors are Ellen Amirkhan and Aaron Groseclose, both very knowledgeable and fun people. This class is the continuation of the other 3-day class I took in September 2008 in San Diego. We were 12 people in that class.

We covered many materials and topics today. The class starts everyday at 8:00 am and ends at 5:00 pm. It is very intensive, but participants like it. There are seven of us in this advanced rug class.

I am in my hotel room now and after finishing this post, I have to read two chapters from a rug book to review today's material and get ready for the tomorrow's class. Like the other class in September 2008, I am the only Iranian participating in this class!!

While I was in the class today and could not pick up my cell phone to answer, I was text messaging back and forth with my rug store in Los Angeles. We sold a rug today and received several rugs for cleaning and repair and I was being kept posted on what was happening there in my rug store. Isn't that great?! Using high tech communication possibilities in a very traditional sector such as Oriental rug business!! It is being present in different locations at the same time!

Khosrow Sobhe
www.RugIdea.com
310-770-9085