My business was terrible so I went to the high school Principal, Mr. Patton, and asked him what the chances of getting hired. He said they are real good if you do not get your Bachelor Degree yet. He said we can hire you for $10,000 dollars for 4 hours in the morning the first school year. Then you can get your Bachelor Degree.

I already told SIU-C that I would teach next year. That was a busy year. It was a little rough as I was working 50 to 60 hours a week. Teaching at the high school from 8 AM to noon, Monday to Friday and at SIU-C from 1 PM to 5 PM, Monday to Thursday.

I was offered a weekend Electronics program for 2 years at SIU-C. It would be Saturday and Sunday for 8 hours each day and Wednesday night for 4 hours.

The reason I took both jobs was my pay at SIU-C had doubled because of the Bachelor Degree. The pay at the high school went from $10,000 dollars too $27,000. For a school year and my business was terrible and I had a lot of bills to pay. I paid most of the bills off and closed the doors. After 2 years, I finally gave up all my work at SIU.