David Irwin:  

Life I was a total nerd/schoolboy in high school: No dating, girlfriends, dances, proms, etc. After high school, I attended Compton JC; I worked at Manchester Tank and Equipment Company in Lynwood, while I attended JC. I got a degree in criminal justice. Next, I went to CSULA. I joined the Army in '70; got out in '72. I had a plethora of jobs; everything from day labor to cleaning up oil spills for Chevron. I decided to go back to school, on the GI Bill. I attended CSULB and earned a BA in psychology. By then, most of my friends had gotten married. For the next few years or so, I lived out of my WV microbus and traveled between L.A., San Francisco and Vegas, working a variety of day labor jobs for survival money. I moved to the High Desert in '80 (Apple Valley) and got a job as a substitute teacher. I got married in '83 ,got a full-time teaching position (I should've gotten a job as a truck driver or garbage man; I probably would've been better off, but jobs were hard to come by), and a part-time position with the SB Co. Sheri...Expand for more