William Dayton:  

I also remember the art class I was in where most of the guys would play baseball with a wooden stick and a smashed up soda can in Mrs. Harris (?) art room, whenever she would leave. That was hilarious. I remember Earl Thuet and I taking artwork down to the library for copies one day and mine wasn't completely dry - and I destroyed the glass on the copier when the ink got smudged all over it. That was funny. I remember our English teacher Mr. Bowen (?) bringing in a T.V. all the time to watch baseball instead of teaching us English - What a deadbeat. I never played football, but I remember the whole football team always yelling "Where's the damn clipboard." mimicking Mr. Bauer, the football coach and chemistry teacher. I remember hanging out the 2nd floor window in our chemistry or physics class and yelling to a Hostess Delivery driver to keep backing up towards the dock, except he was out of space and I told him to keep going and he smashed into the loading dock, got out and started threatening to kill me. I also remember the crappy Radio Shack TRS 80 computers we had to learn to program on and how Mr. Heggeman (?) wrote a program that was supposed to be "secret" and I cracked the code and displayed the results to him in 1 day. I also remember erasing a program he'd been working on for hours, because he'd neglected to save it. Tom Muffler and I laugh about that incident all the time. I also remember a lot of great teachers who tried their hardest and now that I'm older - all I can say is WOW you poor souls, I don't know how they do it. High School teenagers are brutal! -------------------------------------------------------- College was much more pleasant and meaningful. My flying experience was the BOMB and although I'm still paying off student loans for that, I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. I earned my private, commerical and instrument flight ratings and certificates. I flew all over the place in little private airplanes. It was great! Finally, my MBA experiences were some of the most beneficial. What I neglected to do in high school, I made up for in Graduate School. I aced my classes and would highly recommend Webster University a lot! I would highly recommend that anyone considering getting a Master's degree to do it! It opens up so many new doors for you. I also have my Cisco CCNA certification, MCP (Microsfot) and A+ computer certification. Those are older, but got my foot in the door for many technology jobs. I am currently working on my Project Management Professional certification which is very beefy and good to have when you are a Project Manager. That's my next big goal for education. College I earned 2 Associates degrees, a Bachelors and an MBA. - Associate Degree in Management (Emphasis in Aviation) from Parks College of Saint Louis University. - Associate Degree of Aviation Flight Technology from Parks College of SLU. - Bachelor's of Science in Business and Professional Pilot (received my Private, Instrument and Commercial licenses and ratings from the FAA) from Parks College of SLU. - Masters of Business Administration with an additonal emphasis in Information Technology from Webster University in St. Louis. I am currently studying for my Project Management Professional certification PMP and our IT was just awarded top IT team of year in Colorado by the Colorado Information Management Association. So that was cool news. Workplace I thoroughly enjoy school and worked at a Community College for 5 years while in St. Louis. It's a great atmosphere, even though the pay often isn't the best. I now work in Colorado as an Information Technology Project Manager for the Town of Castle Rock. The job's a blast and I work with outstanding coworkers. My job consists of planning, organizing, researching and implementing technology projects for all departments in the Town. Any department that needs to implement a technological piece of software or hardware to make their job more efficient or to better serve the public is what my position is all about. My job invovles tons of planning, research and organization. It actually fits my personality and interests 100% and I love my boss for placing me in this position. It's definitely my niche. Our team has had a very difficult time for the last year and 1/2 when our Service Manager was diagnosed with sarcoma cancer in his lungs and soft tissues. He's been fighting it for a long time now, but it seems to be getting the better of him. It's been a constant battle for our IT team in working with Darrin to get the job done while assisting him in any way we can. Military No military service for me, but I do respect and love all the military service men and women who are out there protecting our country each and every day. If I did join the military it'd probably be the Marines, since Lord knows they'd give you the best and hardest experience you'd ever get through. I did look into going into the Air Force as a pilot, way back when I was at Saint Louis University and thinking about joining the ROTC. I tested and got my medical exam at Scott Air Force Base, but my eyesight wasn't quite perfect enough and that all washed out. In the end, it was probably better for me that I didn't join.