Joel Parker:  

It's been a wild ride. I spent 24 years with the Los Angeles City Fire Dept. as a fireman/medic. Concurrently I managed my construction and development business. Over-laying all that I built a commercial horse ranch and training center in Murrieta, Calif. That was per-people and development of Murrieta. I retired from from the fire department in Aug 1988, Closed the ranch in 1989, and shut down the construction business in 1990. I was than retired and unemployed. I went skiing and fly fishing for 5+ years. In 1996 I was restless so I got a teaching credential. I was only going to teach 5 to 7 years. I teach Construction, Engineering, and Robotics. Now here it is almost 13 years later at the end of the school year 2010 and I a...Expand for more