Michael Jones:  

I transferred from Fayetteville High School, Fayetteville, N.C. and enrolled in Killeen H.S. around November of 1964. I walked into a new beautiful high school, went to my first class, and looked out a classroom window. I saw a cow grazing very close to the school. I wonder what this was all about. I had been in 4 high schools in 4 years. Consequently, adjustment was tough for me. I saw a very pretty student in one of my classes and I wanted to get to know her. I asked a guy sitting next to me and he gave me a wrong name. She was a patient person and helped me understand Texas high school life. I had started in an American high school in Germany with a total junior high and high school population of around 450 students and graduated from KHS with a graduating of about 450 students. I went to St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. I graduated in 4 1/2 years and ended up on 5 graduation lists and a continuous question from my advisor about if I would ever graduate. I went into the Army to attend OCS, but the politicians of the day knew that the Vietnam war would end and we were allowed to apply to be stationed anywhere. I ended up guarding nuclear rockets in Germany. When my service time was up, I started teaching in Tampa, Florida, moved to teach in Pearland, Texas, and then...Expand for more