John Engelke:  

Hi, everybody! It has been so long and my journey has been such an adventure. So, let me catch you up. I am now living in beautiful Florida and have been for 6 years. Currently going through divorce after 23 years, I am looking forward and moving on with life. We just drifted apart. No blame on either side. I will always love her for the time she spent with me and being the best mom for our child. My son, Jonathan is such a wonderful young man. He is now 16. Very handsome and brilliant, he speaks german and spanish, plays the guitar so beautifully, is taking college courses as a junior and has chosen awesome friends. Jonathan wants to attend "Gator Land" University of Florida and then on to law school. He is my hero. I am teaching math, science, and a social/personal class in a self contained middle school setting. My kids are 6-7-8 ESE with varied exceptionalities, ranging from autistic to severely emotionally disabled. They come to be as a group. What a hoot we have! Never a dull moment in Mr. E's class, I can tell you that. The master of multi-tasking, I am actually able to keep up most of the time:) I am fortunate to be teaching at the top middle school in the county and one of the best in the state of Florida. i will never retire. While growing up, I wanted to become either a police officer or a professional baseball player. Baseball paid for my college and I was able to win at the highest level. I worked as a police officer in Long Beach until I retired in 1986 as a result of 5 officer involved shootings. God, I loved being a steet cop and left with a pretty good reputation among my peers and bosses. (Mike "The BIM" Mais represented th...Expand for more