Steven Campbell:  

...''WHEN I THINK BACK ON ALL THE CRAP I LEARNED IN HIGH SCHOOL''...THAT SONG STILL MAKES ME SMILE! THE FOLLOWING TIMELINE IS COMPRESSED AND CANNOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT BY THE COMMISSIONER OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. I DID ENJOY MY EARLY YEARS AT UHS- MY FRIENDS, THE EVENTS AND THE ATMOSPHERE OF BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL.BUT BY THE TIME OUR SENIOR YEAR ROLLED AROUND, ALL I WANTED WAS ''OUT''!I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE RESULTS OF MY GROWING OUTSIDE EXPERIENCES OR THAT ''ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT'' FEVER THAT WAS GOING AROUND BUT I WANTED INDEPENDENCE. AFTER UHS AND BOUNCING THROUGH ''HIGHER EDUCATION'' (LOVE THAT TERM!) I LANDED A JOB AS A MAGAZINE CARTOONIST...WHAT AN EYE OPENER! THAT WORLD IS/WAS COMPRISED OF A COLLECTIVE GROUP OF VERY OFF-CENTER PEOPLE, WHO SWAM IN THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE POOL...MANIAC EDITORS, WRITERS,ARTISTS,ADVERTISERS,HACKS AND CON MEN. A GREAT LESSON(S) IN THE LEARNING! AS A CARTOONIST, I FOUND I COULD BEAT MOST DEADLINES AND ENDED UP WITH QUITE A BIT OF FREE TIME ON MY HANDS.THIS FREE TIME OPENED MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND I SOON FOUND THAT I WAS FAIR HAND AT MECHANICS, WOODWORKING, METAL FABRICATION, DRAFTING AND DESIGN. WHILE TAKING SOME EXTRA DRAWING CLASSES, I STUMBLED ONTO/INTO SOME FIRE SCIENCE CLASSES AND FOUND I ENJOYED WHAT THEY HAD TO OFF...Expand for more