So this is going to be the first time I have ever put words to paper (or internet) in trying to describe my life and experiences. I hope I can do justice in describing my life past, present and future.
I will start with a little background and see in what direction my thoughts take me. I grew up in the Midwest, central Indiana to be more specific. To this point, that still feels like home to me since I spent the first 23 years of my life there. I was never that popular in school and I didn't play any sports, at least not particularly well. My focus was and to a large degree still is on academics. I was the quintessential nerd going through high school and college. I filled in my free time with academic teams and clubs, student politics and a zeal for current events. That stuff is all rather boring though so moving on.
My life got interesting after I graduated from college and started my first year of teaching high school biology. I had the goal in mind of imparting my knowledge and experiences on a new generation. Needless to say it didn't really work out that way. Anyone interested in teaching needs to realize that they will spend most of their time in either managing the classroom environment or dealing with crazy administrators. My experience as a teacher was that education is no longer student centered, but driven by standardized test scores and the need to institutionalize the process of learning. I will spare readers the grizzly details of my weekly fights with department heads and administration. So my total time spent as a teacher lasted for less than a year.
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