Mister John

Broschiertes Buch

MISFIT 2

Beschreibung

"We need more like John telling us it's OK to be who we are rather than focusing on who we are not." Sandra Mahr, ordinary average citizen Who is he? After ten years piloting a sternwheel paddleboat to pay for his higher education, then moving to the United Arab Emirates after the Gulf War, then teaching local women computers and math for 14-odd years, then retiring at 44 with his Canuck girlfriend to a mountain in Ecuador, John's a guy with even more stories than he had before. Does this small-town boy from humble beginnings live in another reality? Yes, after realizing at an early age that if he lived a life like most everyone, he'd get a life like most everyone. John wanted something different. John got something different, and then some, and then some more. His unique perspective on life will leave you enlightened. From his earliest memories to his latest doings, in MISFIT 2, the second book in the series, John recounts 36 more of his make-you-laugh, make-you-cry, make-you-think stories. Like jigsaw puzzle pieces, as you continue putting them together, you'll see more of the big picture, the story of John's life unexpected. MISFIT;MISTER JOHN;MEMOIR;ESSAY COLLECTION;BOOK SERIES;AUTOBIOGRAPHY;SIXDEGREES;STORIESCHANGETHEWORLD;INTERNATIONAL LIVING OVERSEAS TRAVEL;HUMOR;AMUSING TALES;SHORT STORY TELLING;FINDING YOURSELF;GROWING UP;LIFE JOURNEY;UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE;WIT;WISDOM;EXPAT;FOREIGN CULTURE SHOCK;TEACHING;UNIVERSITY EDUCATION;MEMORIES;VILCABAMBA ECUADOR; DUBAI UAE;EMIRATES;ARAB;MUSLIM WOMEN;WISCONSIN;EAU CLAIRE;WAUPACA;MILWAUKEE;HAIDA GWAII;CALGARY;PUBLIC SPEAKING;EARLY RETIREMENT;

Autor

John's life took a sharp turn to the different on April Fools' Day 1991 when he accepted a position to teach computers and math at United Arab Emirates University located in the desert oasis city of Al Ain. On the Men's Campus his first year, he taught on the Women's Campus for the next seven, one of the first unmarried Western men permitted to do so.He returned to the UAE in 2001, the Higher Colleges of Technology hiring him to develop a CAD/Interior Design program at Sharjah Women's College. Where he met Sue, a native of Canada and his wife-to-be. With the program in place, John transferred to Dubai Women's College to again teach computers and math.In 2007, John and Sue retired, at the age of 44, moving to their riverfront property off a dead-end dirt (they aspired to gravel) road in the mountains near Vilcabamba, Ecuador, where they currently reside. In 2017, they purchased a property on the Haida Gwaii archipelago in British Columbia, Canada where they will one day make their last international move. A Wisconsin native, John graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a B.S. in Architecture, a B.A. in Economics, and a Master of Architecture degree. To help finance his education, for 10 seasons, he captained the Chief Waupaca, an authentic sternwheel paddleboat based at Clear Water Harbor on Waupaca's Chain O'Lakes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: YAK Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9798990020252
• Artikelnr.: 71798702