Bill Falzett:
CLASS OF 1979
Mansfield High SchoolClass of 1979
Mansfield, TX
Mustang Middle SchoolClass of 1979
Mustang, OK
Overholser Elementary SchoolClass of 1979
Bethany, OK
Western Oaks Elementary SchoolClass of 1979
Bethany, OK
Richland Junior High SchoolClass of 1979
Richland hills, TX
Bill's Story
Life
We moved frequently when I was a kid. As a result I went to many schools in Oklahoma and Texas. Since then I have thought many times about all the friends I left behind at the many places I lived. I grew up went to college and have a great life and career, but I still wonder and daydream from time to time about all my old friends.
I recently revisited many of my old elementary and secondary schools in Oklahoma, and got to feeling very nostalgic. I remembered seeing classmates.com, and decided to nose around. It should be noted that that I did not graduate from Putnam West, Mustang or Richland, but I have included them only as a means to search and reconnect with old friends and acquaintances with whom I would have graduated had I continued to live in those areas.
Best Regards,
Bill
School
My most inspiring teachers:
3rd grade: Mrs. Brown, very kind and encouraging
6th grade: Mr. Rollins, he of the very cool Rollins Ranch
Soph: Coach Krause, rough edges, but led by example
Jr. & Sr.: Mr. DP Morris; effeminate, but smart and fun
I was something of a class clown everywhere I went, but no year stand...Expand for more
s out more than Mrs. Popa's 5th grade class at Overholser elementary, in which I got licks on more than 30 separate occasions. (Ouch!) If I had it do do over again, I think I would still be a class clown, but I would make sure everyone knew I meant no malice or harm and only enjoyed being silly and lightening the day.
College
My dormmate at OU was a Native American (Indian) guy who got money from the government every month. Every paycheck he bought a ton of marijuana. It was really hard to study in that environment. I dropped out after one semester...
I eventually graduated with a BS in Biology from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Workplace
I have done a number of things professionally. I painted houses and sold cars through college; I was a mental health technician at an adolescent psychiatric hospital in the early 90s; I owned a used bookstore in Dallas for a couple years after that; I worked at GTE for a year, and then settled at Abbott Laboratories in 1997. I am a software systems engineer, which means I sit in front of a computer most of the day, go to meetings and write technical documents.
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