Sharpening the blade
Right now I am studying for my semester final for college algebra.
I didn’t realize how little I knew about algebra until I got into the class. I
literally guessed my way through the first half of the class. Only because of my
experience with BE&E in the Navy and Diving Physics in BUD/s training where
I figured out with math and algebra it is all about exposure have I even stayed
in the class. I have until the 11th of the month to bone up on
solving the vertex of a parabola, synthetic division, utilizing the quadratic formula,
utilizing the compound interest formula and the determinant of a matrix. I also
have to complete a thesis on homeschooling for English and writing my final research
paper on HB-106.
That is the easy part. Last night one of the young men I
know from Toastmasters got married and the Rio Grande Valley Toastmasters threw
him and his new wife a reception. It was a great event for the new couple.
Relationships are more complicated that mathematics or algebra equation couple
ever be. Even when you know the formula, either it changes or there is turbulence
during the process of working through it. You can’t guess either.
This weekend at Center Church there was a lot going on,
Pastor Elias had Major Elliot from the Israeli Defense Force give us a briefing
on the Middle East and then the rest of the world. It always happens with me, I
want to get some gear together and start preparing and planning and everyone
else applauds but there doesn’t seem to be any organization to join and train
with. Then Saturday at the men’s bible study we completed a survey to find our
gifts and talents and mine seem to be teaching. My mom was a teacher, her mom
was a teacher and my dad’s mom was a teacher but I didn’t want to get into that
field. Then I joined the Navy and that’s what did. I became awarded “Master
Training Specialist”. So when I had an opportunity to go back to school, I decided
to go for an associate’s degree in mathematics and a teaching credential. I
want to work with those boys like me. The ones not afraid to spar with
heavyweights but run away from math problems.
I know I won’t make a lot of money teaching but I can take
my teaching ability and conduct seminar marketing for new technologies like LED
Lighting, drone technologies, geospatial and new optics. My wife is teaching
leadership to middle school students in hopes to keep them out of the teen parent
program. I am thinking that I can encourage and stimulate young men and keep
them out of drugs, gangs and into college and meaningful careers. There is an
underlying secret which is just to keep yourself surrounded by those who know
the answers. I had a mortgage broker who was a former Navy SEAL with an NBA and
went to law school who used to say “Everything is easy when you know the
answers”. Being around those who have the answers is the key. Having the right
association.
God will put you in the right circles or back in the right
circles when you figure out who you really want to be. Lately that has been
happening to me. Getting reconnected with former Navy SEALs I used to work with
who are now into technologies. It is exciting. We have a lot in common and
mutual respect for each other. We already know each other so the ice is broken.
It feels good when they call. This is something else I can promote to these
young people I want to influence.
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