Charlie Ross:
CLASS OF 1967
Shawnee Mission South High SchoolClass of 1967
Overland park, KS
Shawnee Mission West High SchoolClass of 1967
Shawnee mission, KS
Charlie's Story
Charlie is from Overland Park, Kansas. His schools include Shawnee Mission South High School, Shawnee Mission West High School. He later attended The University of Kansas, completing a B.A. in Math and the M.S. in Computer Science. . He worked at Independence Inc., RCIL (Resource Center for Independent Living, Inc.), and Micro Center after retiring from the Kansas Geological Survey where he worked as a systems analyst to develop an automated cartography system and a statewide cartographic database. He has been an advocate for people living with mental illness for the past 30 years.
Charles's interests include Swimming, Skiing, Basketball, Kansas Jayhawks basketball, Jimmie Johnson, mental health, train travel. Music he likes includes All the old 60's and early 70's bands, , lots of classical music, even my kids' music. . Books he likes include Into Thin Air, Movies he likes include Titanic, RED, Silver Linings Playbook., Harry Potter, National Treasure, Straight Outta Com...Expand for more
pton, Inception, Good Will Hunting.
One of Charles's favorite quotes is:""We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
― T. S. Eliot
"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?”
― Dumbledore in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"Politicians are like diapers, and they need to be changed for the same reason." - Mark Twain
"You will see it when you believe it."
- me
"Everybody lies.", Gregory House
"God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I can not change, the Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference." AA Serenity Prayer
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." - Seneca
(paraphrasing here) "If anything is a miracle then everything is a miracle.", Einstein
"Bigamy is having one [spouse] too many. Monogamy is the same thing." - Oscar Wilde ;-)".
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