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jeffrey's work combines: Education, Entrepreneurship, and Upholding a Cause and Belief
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Social Sciences, General
Bard College
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Social and Community Service Managers:
Bachelor's Degree: Apprenticeship
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Life & Career Milestones
I've taken a lot of twists and turns
1.
As early as high school, I could feel that I wanted to make a mark, but I didn't know how or what.
2.
After my freshman year at NYU, I studied in Vienna, Austria--which changed my life forever.
3.
When I got out of the Army in 1969 I moved to New Haven, CT. took a room at the YMCA, began substitute teaching.
4.
Got my 1st car, my 1st apartment, got my teaching cert. and worked in the inner city high school
5.
I left teaching and started doing puppet shows with my fiance--way out of my comfort zone but in step with a desire to be
6.
doing something different--building a life. Started doing workshops and we were awarded 3 consecutive grants to bring my work into every city elementary school. Learning how puppets turned on kids.
7.
In 1977 I co-authored an article in a big education magazine and 10,000 teachers from all over the world responded. I was not ready, but I knew that I had struck a chord in the marketplace of ideas.
8.
We embarked on a 3-year detour and life-crash--moved far away, failed partnership, stress and we divorced. Moved from NC to Virginia where I began working for a college friend who asked me to publish
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
If you have a dream, and the dream appears misguided or a flight of fancy, be prepared to spend a lot of time in your interior--it can be lonely. After a while, people avoid asking questions.
How I responded:
Be honest with yourself. Be your own best friend. Find someone who is already on a path doing some kind of variation on what you think you will need to do, and align with people who are serious about the path they are on--ask questions, learn, appreciate them and yourself, and work hard to organize your way forward.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
I started out very 60s doing puppet shows and later began to build an education business. But I knew little about business building. Even with some financial support from a friend, I failed many times.