Joy Curtis:  

Life After high school, I graduated Michigan State University with a BA in Elementary Education. I taught school in the inner city in Detroit for 8 years, then moved to Boulder, Colorado. I worked for Taco Bell as a Training Supervisor in the Denver area for 5 years, then married at age 34. I have two sons: Erik, born in Trinidad, Colorado, and Jeremy, born in South Lake Tahoe, CA, I was very active in Cub Scouts for many years, and taught Sunday School for over 40 years. I taught all levels of school: pre-school at a Montessori school in South Lake Tahoe, elementary school in Detroit, 8th grade science in Minden (as a long term sub), and high school math in Colorado. I enjoyed every level, although I think I enjoyed third and fourth grades the most: the children were still very curious, and they were also able to carry on some intelligent discussions. I owned a Kumon Math and Reading (franchise) tutoring business for five years. Then I worked for Bently Nevada (now GE) for over 13 years, as Managing Editor of their magazine, ORBIT, and the...Expand for more