| William D. Cook
Jr. I was born in Vancouver, Washington on September 17th, 1944. It was too cold, too wet; so, my parents decided to move south. We ended up in a very small town named Rodeo, CA. There, I went to Hillcrest Elementary school. Graduating in 1958, I continued my education in Crockett, CA where they make C&H Sugar. John Swett was a long four years of temptation as well as anxiety for me. I knew I liked boys...just didn't know much about what to do with them. In 1962, after graduating High School, I attended Diablo Valley Junior College (DVC) in Pleasant Hill, CA. After one year of classes, I was offered the chance to go into a Journeyman Inside Wireman Apprenticeship program (those are simply a jumble of words meaning "electrician"). I leapt at the chance. I went to training classes for four years, attending DVC for two years and Contra Costa Junior College (CCC) for the final two years of instruction. In 1975-76, I attended Sierra College (a CA Junior College). I finished off my Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Studies. In 1993, after moving to Spokane, WA, I returned to the academic life by enrolling in the
teaching program at Eastern Washington University (EWU). There, I graduated in 1995 with a
Batchelor of Arts in Education. I had a reading major with an early-childhood education minor.
I have been quite the gypsy in my life, living in all the following places, IN no particular order...having lived in some places more than once:
I considered them all to be my home; and yet, am sure there is at least one or more homes to come. LOL I've had quite the varied career, doing any number and types of jobs, including:
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