After
four years of struggling through high school (graduating with a strong
D avg), and a short attempt at higher education (where I was asked to remove
myself after one year), I began a 24 year career in the U.S. Navy.
Although my first choice was Musician's Mate, I ended up in Lakehurst N.J.
at weather school. Being a Weather Guesser was kind of like
being a Witch Doctor. You try to convince people to believe in something
that you, yourself aren't really sure about. My ego told me I was
a good weatherman, but I was never 100%. Then again, neither was
anybody else. I was never the best, but I trained my troops to be the best.
With the guidance of many good people I had the chance to find myself and
debelop my leadership abilities. My final tour was the one I had
been dreaming about, that of Leading Chief of the Weather/Oceanography
Detachment at NAS Barbers Pt. Hawaii. In my last six year I did what
every veteran chief does, teach the next generation of chiefs. There
are a lot of Chiefs out there with my fingerprints on em'. However, no
matter how much I loved the Navy, I knew that some day my Navy career would
end so I had to prepare for the future. After eight years of night
school, I finally completed my college education. I got my bachelors degree,
May 1990 and retired from the Navy as a Senior Chief, June 1990. In 1993
I got my Masters of Education degree. Now I was ready to embark upon
my second career, Social Studies teacher. I now teach in a mid-sized,
rural high school in the mountains of Colorado. I teach teen-agers
Geography, Global Economies, Current Events and Economics. It's not easy
but it's what I want to do and what I enjoy doing. In addition to teaching
I also get to do two things I really enjoy. I am the announcer for the
school's football, basketball and baseball teams. In addition, I
get to exercise my hobby of photography as I am the unofficial/unpaid school
photographer. Right now I'm not the best teacher in the school,
but I get better every day. One day, there will be a lot of young
people in Woodland Park, Colorado and North Teller County with my fingerprints
on em'.
My Motto: "Do
what you enjoy, enjoy what you do."
Bio:
Larry
C. Ingram, ME, AGCS-Ret. Born Clarksdale, Miss. June 1947, Moved
to Pineville, La. age 8. Graduated from Pineville High, 1965. Kicked out
of LSUA, academic reasons, 1966 (Too much party, not enough study). Enlisted
USN, Apr. 1967. Weather observer school: Lakehurst, NJ.; NAS Kingsville,
TX.; NAS Roosevelt Rhodes, PR.; NAS Bermuda; Weather Forecaster School:
Lakehurst, NJ.; NAS Pt. Mugu, CA.; Fleet Weather/Typhoon Warning
Cen. Guam; USS Enterprise; Initiated CPO Sept. 16. 1981; FNOC
Monterey, CA.; NWOC Pearl Harbor, HI.; LCPO/OIC, NOCD Barbers
Pt. HI.; Retired June 30, 1990. Went to night school forever:
BS, N.Y. State Regents, BGS, Chaminade U., ME, E. New
Mexico U. Executive Dir. Play Inc.(non-profit-5013C) Clovis,
NM, (91-93). Teacher: Kennedy Hi School, San Antonio, TX.(95-98)
: Woodland Park High School, Woodland Park, CO:(98 - Present) Subjects
taught: Geography, Global Economies, Current Events and Economics.
Wife:
LeAunna Suko Ingram, MS: 6yr Vet - AG1 USN. Civilian Contracting Officer:
Peterson AFB. (Gardening Freak) "Her
Smiles give me Strength."
Dogs:
Patches
(7 pounds of fur) Daisy (15 pounds of fur)
