John Van Eck:  

Life 10/1/2005 : 2.3 kids, 2 dogs, living in the Washington D.C. 04/01/2006: 3 kids. Still in D.C. 9/1/2006: Living in Lovettsville, Virginia! School Ralph Lohse was/is my favorite High School teacher of all time. Funniest, too... My favorite H.S. memory was when I was in Mr. Lohse's class for the first time after transferring to the school from out of state. We were asked to do an oral presentation with a collage on "Communication". We had 3-4 people per day, and 24 people in the class. I had not prepared at all, figuring I would not be called upon the first day. A calculated risk, you might say. And indeed I was not picked first...I was picked second! The person before me had a wonderful collage of a dog looking at a child eating an ice cream cone, and various other examples of communication. I had no collage, or indeed any presentation at all -- I was a great procrastinator. Unfazed, I took a blank piece of paper as my visual aid and proceeded to give a demonstration on the effects of NON-communication. I showed on my blank sheet of paper "Here you do not see a dog, who would not be looking at an ice cream cone that is not there anyway" and for 15 minutes went through each blank sp...Expand for more