Karl Gleim:  

I am, have been living in Texas since 1977. I started out in high school in Fairfax, Va in 1966, moved to NJ in 1967 attending SRHS in the fall until Oct 1969. Then I moved back to Va attending HHS (above) from 11/1/69 through graduation in May (gee, or was it June ) 1970. Went to GMU after graduating HHS. After graduating GMU I moved down here and have lived in a variety of places in Texas since. Went to SMU (Southern Methodist University) for 2 semesters in Fine Arts, radio,tv film. Kind of a throwback to the television crew at SRHS program that Mr Waters came up with when the School acquired some TV cameras. I had a broken leg in a full cast at the time so was unable to participate. I always thought it would be cool to be able to do those kinds of things that we planned to do when I did attend the 1st meetings of the TV program that Mr Waters had initiated. I think the worst job I have had over all has been working for the Dept of Human Services, ie Welfare, determining eligibility for Food Stamps, Medicaid and TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families). This is worst because for 10 years I dealt with generally the same people over and over again, who never seemed to understand that to get along better they needed to find and keep a job of some nature for longer than a few weeks or months so that they could start contributing and get on their feet. They continued to basically live off the dole. I had some folks come in apply, take advantage of the programs and find something to get them on their feet and I never saw them again. Then there were the chronic Food Stamp applicants. The people who would apply, never provide the requested information so that their eligibility could be determined and be denied, only to come back in 60 days later, re-apply and be denied for the same reasons. This would go on over and over. One family had jobs for pay and tips, but would never provide verification of how much they were making. They would c...Expand for more