Jerry Fussell:
CLASS OF 1969
Kathleen High SchoolClass of 1969
Lakeland, FL
Jerry's Story
After graduation, most of you probably discovered I disappeared and that is pretty much what happened.
6 months after graduation, I went into the Air Force for 4 years. I spent 2 years at McConnel AFB in Kansas, 8 months in Thailand, and a year and a half in Taiwan.
I discharged from the Air Force in Taiwan and stayed for another 2 years going to school there learning Chinese and Asian Studies. From there, I returned to Lakeland for 3 years but got homesick for Taiwan.
In 1979, I returned to Taiwan and except for 3 years between 1989-1992 to get my Master's Degree, I have spent the rest of the time in Taiwan.
In Taiwan, I am an educator. I teach ESL in all grades and I am a part time instructor at a University teaching American Culture and Speech.
I returned to Florida in 2007 to catch up what is new in the US and to do some research for some proj...Expand for more
ects I am working on in ESOL. In my spare time and to get some spending money, I do some substitute teaching in Tallahassee, and I adjunct at TCC and Flagler College Tallahassee Campus.
My wife of almost 30 years is from Taiwan and is studying education. I have one daughter from a previous marriage, 35 years old, who lives in Winston-Salem. She works in a software company.
I have two dogs, which I brought with me from Taiwan, who are an integral part of our family.
I plan on returning to Taiwan after at the end of 2010. The main reason being I can not get used to spending a large portion of my income on health care. In Taiwan I spent less than 4% about $100/mo of my income on health care and from my experience in both countries, Taiwan health care beats the US hands down.
Anyhow, I would like to chat with all of you, so feel free to contact me.
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