James Anderson:  

d Oil Company, so my college was temporarily put on hold. In the spring of 1992 I took my last courses at Marshall University and Ashland Community College, and graduated with a Bachelors in Information Science in May. I returned to college in the fall of 1994, but this time to teach. I lived so close to Ashland Community College I thought it would be fun to teach there, so I applied to teach two evening computer literacy courses. The experience was unforgettable. I had complete freedom to set the format for the class, so I wrote my own materials and covered the subjects I thought a beginner needed to learn. I brought in a PC and took it apart to show everyone the parts that make it work. By the end of the semester I knew that everyone was feeling much more comfortable about using a PC, and could actually be productive on one. I haven't set foot in a school since then, but I have taught what we call "lunch and learn" sessions at Coca-Cola in the years I've been there. These are hour-long sessions where I pick a very specific topic and hit all the key points about it, and provide as condensed an account of the subject material as will fit in the time slot. It's the equivalent of reading the cliffnotes for a computer book, and helps people who want to know more about various subjects get a jumpstart on them.