The one gentleman that was here called me
and said What are you doing?
And at the time I was also teaching at Niagara
Community College so I was working here and
I was teaching there and he said well you
probably wouldn't be interested in coming
down here to teach.
I said wait a minute.
Wait a minute your wrong.
Mr. Van Cleek who was high in management had
said to me when I was a student Did you ever
think about teaching.
Nope.
Never thought about it.
Never even gave it an idea because I was a
student who wanted to get out of school.
I'm done get me out of here.
Guess what?
I got locked in here for , the only way out
was to retire.
I watched faculty and i watched the impact
they were making on student not just myself
and I said I think I could do this after working
awhile.
I think I could help.
I think I could be a value to students i think
I can communicate to the type of student that
was here.
What they needed to do because I wasn't a
high academic achiever anyways.
I did well but i didn't do excellent but i
did well i learned my lessons about learning
and teaching and that it takes more than one
way to get the message across and was willing
to do that.
If I had to do it again.
I would.
If I had to do another 37 and a half years
I would defiantly do it.
this was not a mistake being here.
This was my life my career.
This was the right choice.
