Ronald Emeigh:  

Life Came from a poor family. Mother died in 1945. Father was an Air Force pilot during WWII and remarried, but did not raise me. Raised by paternal grandmother. I was shy in public school and lacked self-confidence. This changed after graduating from high school and upon entering the Navy. Top 5% of class (92%) in Navy Corp School. Selected duty in Florida. Married Florida girl and graduated with B.S. degree (cum laude) from Jacksonville University. Took Ford position and completed MBA at the University of Detroit. Retired at age 57 from Ford and became a business instructor at local Detroit college. Plan to spend latter years in Florida. Have 3 grandchildren (Alexandra, Clayton and Jasper aka as Jack). Alex is the aspiring Dentist accepted to the University of Michigan Dental School starting on 6/20/2022. Clayton (Clay) is a very good baseball player. He was a starter as a Freshman in High School and plays travel ball. He committed to a full baseball scholarship to Palm Beach State College. That was a bust because the coach was terrible. he came back to Michigan and accepted a similar scholarship with the Lansing Community College Stars, Jack is now 10 years old. He has an enormous vocabulary and is being home schooled. He lives in Troy, Alabama. He is an advanced critical thinker for his age. His parents are both well educated. He should have a bright future. School Lacked self-confidence and self-esteem. Hung around the edges and did not participate in activities as much as I should have participated. A decent, but unmotivated student. Things changed dramatically for me after high school. For one, I grew 4-5 inches taller, joined the Navy and started to develop the self-confidence and self-esteem I was missing in high school. College Took 12 years after high school to receive B.S degree (4 of those years were in the Navy). Wife and children motivated me to complete college. Became a very good student and was considered in the top 5 students graduating from the business department of Jacksonville University. Majored in Management with minor in Economics and a 3.6 GPA. Ford hired me through on campus recruitment. Ford paid for my MBA degree. Workplace Hospital Corpsman (USN). Registered Nuclear Medical Technologist for six years while going to college. Salesman for men's suits in an exclusive department store for about a year just prior to college graduation. Military Probably the most fun time of my life. No difficult responsibilities. Good pay, good food and time to explore my identity away from home. A structured environment which helped me develop self-confidence and self-esteem. Was a better than average athlete which gave me great assignments. Played Navy softball, basketball, pool and ping pong. I was also a competitive swimmer in the Navy (backstroke). I Was a first baseman on the All Navy District softball team. My Naval boss farmed me out, regularly, to local commercial softball teams that needed help. Really enjoyed this time of my life. My Naval boss bought me gloves, cleats and bats since we were paid so poorly and he was a LCDR. Doesn't get much better. Teachers There are a couple of teachers that had a big impact on my life. One was Nellie McGinnis who was my sixth grade math teacher from Turner Elementary School. Another was McNichols (last name) who taught Labor Economics at Jacksonville University in Florida. I actually liked math in sixth grade and this helped me in higher math classes. McNichols was an unusual teacher. He had a surprise quiz once a week. You knew it was coming, but you didn't know which day. The student had the choice of answering one of three questions. Each question was broad enough the write a book about. You had 15 minutes to pick your question and write a coherent paper on the subject. He graded on content, sentence construction, paragraph construction and all of the other principles of English and go...Expand for more