David Binder:  

Well lets see, I am suppose to say who I am. I am the basicly the same person I was 37 years ago. Wow, how time flies when you are having fun!!!! I remember Valley and names like John Herder, Chris Nelson, Scott Nelson, Tom Slaight, Paul Green, J.P. Eckman, Bob Start, Chris Runis, John Jap, Rob Laughlin, Shellie Felt, Cindy Carter, and a bunch of other faces and some other names. I guess that is what the 37 years does, it blurrs the images and times we shared as the new ones are built upon them year by year. That doesn't make the old memories any less important than a daughters volleyball game or violin recital or a graduation from college (wow I remember that at Hastings, Bobby and J.P.) , or a new teaching job here and there. Speaking of teaching, I guess that is who I am and what I have become. I never feel that I am good enough for this profession, but it is something I have stumbled through since 79. Anyways, my road has gone like this; one year teaching history and government (9,10,11,12th grades) in Hastings , Nebraska; one year teaching history and government at Westside (scary and fun all rolled together); 4years at UNO getting a P.E. K-12 degree with an Elem. classroom degree(B.A.), (I originally graduated from Hasting College with a B.A. in History/Social Science/Educ.), moving on to Chicago Public School District where I taught 4 years of elem. and enjoyed living life to the fullest the cup will hold in and out of Wrigleyville watching the best team in organized sports, my lovable losers Da CUBS---- "Just wait till next year"!!!!!!!! Got married in Chicago, had a daughter, finished my M.A. in School Administration, and then went to K.C. and taught elem. (1st, 2nd,) for 4 years while my wife finished her Ph.d in Special Education. We had another daughter and life was fun, but we both decided that we wanted to live out west near the mountains (midwest scenery can get kinda boring sometimes). So we came to the conclusion that whoever got a teaching job first, that is w...Expand for more