Early Adulthood – Page 2 – Dare to Discover

Early Jobs

November 5, 2025April 18, 2012 by Alan Farley

I was a lucky young kid. I guess I just fell into it; never gave it much thought. I learned how to work for money. There were several jobs that came available in my early life, and they were all great experiences. And since I grew up in the Great Depression and World War II, … Read more

College

November 5, 2025April 17, 2012 by Alan Farley

When I was in high school most kids my age didn’t think too much about going to college. I read somewhere that the national statistics showed that 1953 was the first year that the dropout rate was less than fifty per cent. While it wasn’t nearly that bad at South Charleston High School, only a … Read more