Justin Fadeff:  

Well, where to begin, of course the number of allowable spaces in the template will probably be fully inadequate. At Cascade High I was mainly concerned with just getting through school and so was not involved with school activities as such - circumstances were not ideal at the time for me. Perhaps some opportunities were missed and poor decisions were made - we all make choices, exercise the probability potential in different ways, it is all part of the grand experience. Looking back though, school and college were really a lot of fun (it actually can be much more fun than working). I recall that there were a lot of talented and sharp people in our class at Cascade High. I'm sure that many have succeeded with rewarding careers and fulfilling life experiences in all ways. After high school I was not sure exactly what livelihood to choose (some do know early on either from natural gifts or strong parental training - most do not), but did know that support would be necessary and the draft was a constant threat. So, being the pragmatist I volunteered for the service in order to have a choice with that schooling and predefined duty locations - the GI Bill really helped put me through college (WSU). In reflection I would say to others, always consider taking that chance (as long as you have a backup plan). I chose the Army air defense school as a missile tech, the school was rather long and the total service time was relatively short - another step completed. There were a number of missile sites in Europe then and I put in for duty overseas. Europe rocks, there is an entirely different attitude and openness there with an exceptional transportation system for uncomplicated travel most anywhere. I saw a good portion of Europe and look forward to enjoying it again in retirement. I had a great time (when away from work). Previously, I trained in west Texas and was assigned to northern Germany for 27 months. In college I chose engineering. I liked math, modeling/running computer simulations and wanted to have an edge concerning job opportunity/security in good or bad times with defense work (i.e. it's really just all business) and was not smart enough to go to med school which would also have been very rewarding. Spent my entire career (job) in aerospace/defense systems industry in engineering analysis working on weapon systems (still am) in CA, WA and AZ with some time (~7 yrs) spent at Hanford and the national lab in ID at the nuclear facilities. Spent about 10 years in the SF bay area, it's also a great place to live, only drawback is that there are about 5 m...Expand for more