Jeff Whitehair:
CLASS OF 1981
Sewanhaka High SchoolClass of 1981
Floral park, NY
West Hempstead High SchoolClass of 1981
West hempstead, NY
Carey High SchoolClass of 1979
Franklin square, NY
Alva T. Stanforth Junior High SchoolClass of 1978
Elmont, NY
Jeff's Story
--------Updated Sep 2023--------
Yep, still working on that welding item and working even on new certifications, travelling back and forth between California and Pennsylvania. Visiting Florida, New York and soon Ohio to visit other family members as Family has always been important to me. Hopefully the same for others. Being the loquacious person at times but just trying to fill in the gaps of life. Who knows what comes next, just enjoy the way that you can in the moment of time. Well hello to all that may have read up to this point :) Enjoy the rest of 2023.
--------Updated Dec 2022-----
Let's see still doing the same as 2014. this year though added: self-taught welding to weld custom pieces because couldn't find a welder and even approached individuals offering work at $50.00 - $100.00 / hour, just for simple 18–22-gauge metal. What is this world coming too? Let's see what else - getting back into neural networks designs, becoming certified in various fields since everyone looks for a piece of paper even though been doing this stuff for over 40 years now. Yeah, need to change that now picture that is over 15 years.
Anyway, active as usual, hopefully all those i do or have known are doing well too.
Hopefully won't wait another 8 years to update :)
--------Updated July 2014 -----
Live in PA while working in both PA and GA as a VOS Stratus computer consultant programming Cobol, C/C++ and Assembly for banks. Still take occasional trips to NY to visit my son and old stomping grounds. Hope everyone is doing well. Just remember to keep smiling.
--------Updated June 2013-----
Funny, 2 weeks moving to PA, I get a job in Georgia. It is great, doing more what I love and getting paid more than my last job where I had to deal with ... never mind not worth it. Anyway hope others are getting the luck I am getting now in getting a job.
--------Updated May 2013 -----
Well hope everyone is starting to recover from the Sandy Storm, lost a lot in it too. Pretty funny to lose a job 2 weeks before the storm and then move all my stuff from NH to Long Island just to throw it away from flood waters. At least everyone worked together to get some order. Now moving back to PA since job prospects nil in the area.
--------Updated May 2012 -----
Not much changed since last year ... even though I show I live in PA, I work primarily in NH still working in the finance industry. I occasionally take a trip to NY to visit old stomping grounds as well as to visit my son. I see there is a re-union coming up to which I would like to check out but guess depends on my availability. Lots to try and do... talk soon. :)
--------Update June 2011 -----
Hello all guess it's time to update some of my information.
Life,
As well as everyone else feels concerned about our own debt and that of the nation. All I have to say is continue to work hard, study more, and pass it along to the kids because its global and if not passed on to familiy or friends, then outsiders will enjoy the proceeds. Get to know your neighbors and become friends it gets lonely as you get older. Never thought I would be in these situations... I was looking to retiire by the time I was 30 to persue Research and Development to help others but if you read prior june 2009 then you see that hasn't happened. I WILL SAY THIS THOUGH.. I WILL NEVER STOP TRYING TO SUCCEED. (NOR SHOULD YOU!!! )
College,
Well I guess I will be starting in the Fall again(Part time) but this time working on my B.S. and even better my Son graduates High School this month!! He gets to enjoy the college life more so (and no we are NOT attending the same school - for both his and my sanity :) )
Workplace,
Well I am working bank in the financial industry that I have always felt comfortable in, although not working in trading anymore, still get to analyze situations that keep me thinking.
Military,
Even though I am no longer in the military I have always tried to keep a positive view for all coming back in one piece (with mind and spirit). Trust me it is rough but with enough people(friends, familiy, and EVERYONE else) that support them they will come out less scarred and be a VIABLE asset to any workforce. That I do believe with my heart!
Tidbit,
Don't be afraid to take that step to learn something new. It allows for new meeting of friends, a different focus on life and possibly less mental disabilities in later years of life.
by the way .... I do continue to SMILE for those that ask because I know there is still more yet better things to come.
--------Prior to June 2009 -----
Life
WELL, LET'S SAY I'M FINALLY HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, EVEN IF SOMETIMES SKEWED. I HAVE ONE FINE SON THAT IS LEARNING THAT YOU HAVE TO EARN FOR WHAT YOU WANT IN LIFE. I ALSO HAVE ALWAYS WANTED MY DEGREE AND FINALLY THIS PAST YEAR RECIEVED NOT ONE BUT THREE ASSOCIATE DEGREES(COMPUTER SCIENCE, ACCOUNTING AND LIBERAL ARTS), BUT WAS ALWAYS TRAVELLING OVERSEAS OR GETTING HIT BY CARS, TRUCKS, AND OTHER ITEMS. YES I AM FINE, LETS JUST SAY I HAVE BEEN VERY LUCKY, ONLY THING I AM NOT DODGING FROM WELL IS TIME... IT WILL ALWAYS GET YOU. SO NOW MY TIME IS SPENT WORKING ON MY B.S DEGREE(HOPEFULLY NOT THREE AGAIN), PART-TIME IN A CLASSROOM.
ANYWAY, AS MUCH LUCK I GET, I HOPE EVERYONE GETS A LITTLE MORE :), ENJOY LIFE, NEVER KNOW WHAT COMES, BUT ENJOY IT.
I DONT MIND TELLING ABOUT MY LIFE NOT BECAUSE OF ANY SYMPATHY, AND SERIOUSLY, I NEVER THINK OF IT THAT WAY, BUT TO ENJOY WHATS AVAILABLE OUT THERE, AND SHOW THE GOOD MEMORIES ALONG WITH THE NOT SO GOOD... BUT REMEMBER ALWAYS SMILE !! :)
School
WELL LETS SAY I PIONEERED THE INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM. FROM ATTENDING (ALVA T) TO (HF CAREY) TO (SEWANHAKA) IN 4.5 YEARS (7TH-12TH GRADE). (PART OF THE TIME IN SCHOOL, THE REST ON INDEPENDENT STUDY)
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ALVA T WAS GOOD, PLAYED FOOTBALL, PRIMARILY TO STAY IN SHAPE FOR SKIING. (RUNNING & BLOCKING DRILLS - GREAT FOR LEG STRENGTH).
HF CAREY I MISS MY GEOMETRY CLASS PARTNER, AND I MISS SITTING IN THE HALLWAY BEFORE CLASSES BY THE MUSIC ROOM WITH MY THEN GIRLFRIEND WHO WAS A DRUMMER(SHE PLAYED GREAT) SHE WAS A SR I WAS A FRESHMAN, I THINK MOST OF MY FRIENDS(99%) WERE SR'S, ONE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, I MISS AT CAREY, WHO CALLED THEMSELVES F-TROOP, WHERE I WOULD HELP THEM WITH THEIR COMPUTER WORK, AND THEY HELPED ME DEVELOP MY WAY OF TEACHING WHICH HELPED TO TUTOR AND TEACH BLIND STUDENTS LATER ON.
I ENJOYED THE TEACHERS THERE, THEY GAVE MORE INSIGHT, AND RESPECT THAN ANY SCHOOL I HAVE EVER BEEN TOO, THANK YOU.
SEWANHAKA, NOW THAT WAS A TURNING POINT IN MY LIFE, THIS IS WHERE I FOUND OUT THAT NOT HAVING A CONTRACT WAS VERY COSTLY. TO THE TUNE OF 350,000 DOLLARS ... OUCH, NO PIECE OF THAT PIE. I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I WAS USED BY A FACULTY MEMBER FOR PROFIT. DEFINITELY THE LAST.
GRADUATION WAS LESS INTERESTING, SINCE OUR YEARBOOKS WERE LATE, MISSED MOST OF MY FRIENDS, KNOWING THIS WAS JUST ANOTHER CHAPTER, HOPEFULLY SOME PAGES MAY LOOSEN AND BE PLACED IN FUTURE PAGES, JUST TO SAY EVEN HI.
FOR ALL THOSE I KNEW, HAVE A HAPPY, SAFE, AND FULFILLING LIFE. THANKS, FOR WITHOUT YOU GUYS(STUDENTS THEN), I WOULD NOT BE ME NOW. REMEMBER IT TAKES 72 MUSCLES TO FROWN AND ONLY 14 TO SMILE :)
College
WOW COLLEGE, THE LONGEST I HAVE EVER SPENT IN ONE SCHOOL, NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OFF AND ON SINCE SEP 1981. LETS SEE ENDED UP FIRST YEAR WITH A PNEUMONIA, THE NEXT SEMESTER WITH A CAR ACCIDENT ... A FEW MORE YEARS LATER, DIDN'T FINISH BECAUSE I WENT TO LONDON ... THEN MISSED ANOTHER SEMESTER BY GOING TO SAUDI ARABIA ... THEN A FEW MORE YEARS LATER MISSED THE FINALS AND HAD TO GO TO ATLANTA, GA AND OHIO. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT MY GPA WAS ... WELL GUESS WHAT, BACK IN SCHOOL FULL TIME, WORKING ON MY ASSOCIATES DEGREE AND LATEST NEWS RECEIVED, NOT ONE BUT THREE OF THEM. LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT FOR THE B..S AND MASTERS ... ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE GOOD :)
Workplace
WOW WORK, HMMMM, LETS SAY I HAVE WORKED IN MOST INDUSTRIES IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FIELDS, FROM RETAIL STORES (FOOD & OFFICE), HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, BANKING, INVESTMENT BANKING, TO STOCK TRADING, ENGINEERING, AND MANUFACTURING.
I HAVE MADE PLENTY OF MONEY, GUESS WHAT, ITS PAID FOR MY TIMES AT THE HOSPITAL FROM BEING HIT AND RUN, AND BEING BLIND. ALSO TAKING CARE OF MY GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS BED RIDDEN, MY SON, WHO IS OK NOW, WAS HIT BY A NON-INSURED DRIVER. MONEY JUST DOESN'T COVER WHAT IT USED TO.
I HAVEN'T WORKED NOR VISITED NYC SINCE 9/11, DON'T KNOW IF I CAN, SINCE WATCHING THE SECOND PLANE HIT, LOST MANY PEOPLE WHO I HAVE KNOWN OR SEEN.
SO NOW I WORK ON MEDICAL SCHEDULING AND BILLING, ALONG WITH PART-TME COLLEGE, WORKING ON A NEW MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF TRADING, WHICH WAS WORKING WELL LAST YEAR BUT DEFINITELY FINDNG THE FLAWS THIS YEAR. SO I CAN CONTINUE WHAT I DO BEST, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. IF ANY ONE I KNEW IN SCHOOL HAS A QUESTION, I WILL TRY TO ANSWER OR AT LEAST GUIDE YOU TO WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR ANSWER ON ANYTHING IN MY BACKGROUND. I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED ME, I LOOK TO PASS ON THE TRADITION, AS I DO TO THOSE I MEET AND DON'T KNOW AND HELP THEM THE BEST I CAN.
Military
BOOT CAMP, SOMETHING I HAVE LEARNED THERE BIG TIME.
DURING THE END OF OUR TRAINING IS A PRACTICE EXERCISE. ALL THE PLATOONS GO AND HAVE THIER OWN LOCATIONS, WELL THAT NIGHT WE WERE SHORT ON RATIONS, SO THE DRILL INSTRUCTOR ORDERED ME TO GET MORE, I ASKED WHERE, HE JUST SIAD, DON'T ASK, GO GET. SO, I WENT OUT AND INFILTRATED ANOTHER PLATOON AND BROUGHT BACK MORE RATIONS. THE INSTRUCTOR LOOKED AT ME, AND SAID GO GET MORE. SO I DID. AFTER BRINGING BACK MORE RATIONS, I ATE MINE. THE NEXT MORNING, THE DRILL INSTRUCTOR ORDERED FOR ME TO GET MORE, SO I DID, INFILTRATED ANOTHER PLATOON AND CONFISCATED 4-5 CASES OF RATIONS. THE INSTRUCTOR, I THINK WAS PLEASED, AT THE SAME TIME, DIDN'T WANT ME TO KNOW THAT. WELL HE TOLD ME I WAS ON GUARD DUTY TODAY, AND i WAS NOT TO DIVULGE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE RATIONS NOR ALLOW ANYONE TO TRESPASS ON THE PREMISE.
WELL THE TROOPS WERE ON THEIR WAY, I WAS ON GUARD.
LATER THAT DAY, A GROUP OF MILITARY PERSONNEL CAME UP, TO WHICH I TOLD THEM TO HALT AND CHALLENGED THEM FOR THE PASSWORD. ONE OFFICER SAID THEY NEED TO CHECK THE TENTS FOR RATIONS, I SAID WITHOUT THE PASSWORD NO ONE CAN BE ON THE PREMISE. WELL ONE OF THE RECRUITS CAME UP TO ME AND SAID OUTLOUD "HE IS THE ONE THAT TOOK THE RATIONS!" WELL, I KEPT QUIET, THE RECRUIT TRIED TO PASS ME, AND I DIDN'T LET HIM... SOMETHING I WASN'T EXPECTING AND I WAS BUTTED IN THE HEAD WITH THE END OF HIS RIFLE. OTHER RECRUITS JUMPED ME AND HIT ME IN THE FACE AND PINNED ME. AND ANOTHER WENT INTO THE TENT AND PULLED OUT THE RATIONS. WELL THE OFFICER ASKED ME, I COULD NOT GIVE HIM MORE DETAIL THEN WHAT WAS ON MY DOG TAG.
I WAS TAKEN TO THE INFIRMARY, TO BE SURE THAT I WAS OK.
SO I LEARNED THAT WHILE ON GUARD NO MATTER HOW IMPORTANT, STAY ALERT AND ALWAYS EXPECT SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING DANGEROUS.
I HAVE SINCE LOST SOME FRIENDS AND OTHERS I HAVE KNOWN TO CAUSES OF COMBAT, LOCATIONS IN LEBANON AND IRAQ.
SO PLEASE, GIVE A HELPING HAND TO SOMEONE YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHOSE SPOUSE, SON OR DAUGHTER IS OVERSEAS AND LIVING A VERY STRESSFUL IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S NOT EASY, AND MANY DON'T ASK FOR HELP, YOU MUST KNOW THIS, THEY DO THANK YOU FROM THEIR HEARTS.
Very Important TIDBIT
I DO BELIEVE IN SMILES SINCE I WAS A SMALL KID, BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT COMES YOUR WAY NEGATIVE, IF YOU TRULY SMILE WITHIN, MOST OF IT SEEMS TO EVAPORATE. TRUST ME ON THIS( No I am not a politician, so you can believe me. :) )
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