Juan Jones:
CLASS OF 2001
Warwick High SchoolClass of 2001
Newport news, VA
Woodside High SchoolClass of 2001
Newport news, VA
Juan's Story
Life of a
Determined Worker
Those who doubted him they were the fool. Obstacles
that even Juan thought at times had him beat had met their
match. See time and time again he began one thing and
stopped. Then began another and stopped. Things suddenly
changed when it pulled a 360degree turn for the young man. He
needed more. He knew this was not what life had to offer him.
The route to the beginning took a completely different turn
to a whole completely different street for Juan.
Juan starts his quest looking for a future in
something that caught his interest as a young teen. At the
time all he was really doing was drawing little pictures, but
nothing to big. Only one piece he ever created he ever really
called a master piece, but that one piece encouraged him to
go to college for art. He went to college for a while in
pursuit to be an artist. Art the first of many mistakes he
made in his life. Not at all a bad idea for the young man,
but the idea was short lived. It just wasn¿t his time to go
to college yet, and so the story goes on.
Juan traveled a new road once again thinking he had
found his trade. He began to build houses. He was a young man
without religion and started to work for a holy man. He went
to work prompt and some days even early. Some days the guy
Juan worked for wouldn¿t be there on time. He would be
working by himself sometimes. To make this road a short trip
traveled he worked for this guy for about three months and
only got about 500 dollars out of the deal. Juan got
bamboozled by a holy man and never heard word from him
again.
Tired of coming home with nothing Juan had to get
out. He had a plan to do something risky. Taking a big chance
he decided to go ...Expand for more
back to school for something he knew little
about. He was going to be a mechanic or something like one he
thought. It might be the sure money maker, but little did he
know that road was going to be the one he would stay on from
here on out. He had to go to school, and get certified before
he could do anything. Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC)
had gave him the chance to go back to school one more time.
TNCC had his head ready to pop because going back to school
after being out for so long and then learning all new things
is enough to make a grown man have a break down. He somehow
graduated, but not only did he graduate he did it well.
Fresh out of TNCC Juan found a job in the work force.
Costco hired him as soon as they saw the resume. He met
plenty of friends through his job, stole a lot of their
customers doing side-jobs. The plan was to save enough
working, and doing side-jobs to get a shop of his own. After
awhile he was successful. He had enough saved to get a shop
of his own. When the word got out that Juan had got a shop he
had no problem getting customers because of his reference
with his old job, and he took a few of his co-workers with
him. Tools were not a problem either because over the years
at his old job he had collected many of his own, and his co-
workers were professionals so they had their own tools as
well.
After a few years all the gang that helped Juan start
the shop had become partners and widely expanded. They go
from Virginia to anywhere across the where world. Now after
all is done the name won¿t be forgotten. You might have heard
of the slogan ¿ If we can¿t fix it you really messed it up.¿
That was the road he decided to travel all the way going a
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