blog post #1

My name is Woodie Andrew Holloway Jr. I was born in Whistler Alabama in 1954, on December 9th. I have two sons(justin and Jared), and i am married to Bridgette Holloway. I attended high school at Vigor High School in Prichard Alabama. I graduated from Vigor in 1973, and went on to attend college at Alabama State University. I received a BS degree in Health Physical Education and a Minor in Music. My first major job was with Courtaulds North America, in Axis Alabama. I worked there thru 1979, when i left Mobile and landed in Plano Texas. While in Texas i was married to Bridgette and fathered two sons, Justin in 1987, and Jared in 1994. My wife was a flight attendant at the time, and decided to retire in 1999. After she retired, we decided to move back to Mobile in  2000.                                                                          When we returned to Mobile, we went into the real-estate and mortgage business. She was the realtor and i was the loan originator. Business was good up until 2006. At that point the bottom fell out. We lasted as long as we could but one of us had to get a job with benefits, and a salary. So, in August of 2010, i decided to utilize my degree in education, and renew my teaching certificate. While in the process of renewing my teaching certificate, we both decided i should do some substitute teaching. I became very proficient at the middle school level. I was offered a job at North Mobile County Middle School in November of 2010, as an aid. I was told i could not hold a teachers' position until i renewed my teachers' license.  Which is why i'm taking "EDM310", at the University Of South Alabama. I'm looking forward to the challenge, as i have not been a student in 32 years. At this point my wife is still a realtor, my son Justin is still living at home trying to finish his degree as anElectronic Engineer. His hobby is Japanese Jujitsu and computers. My son Jared is a star football player in high school. He attends Saint Pauls High School and will  probably being playing on sundays. He is 6'1", weights 260 and can run a sub-5 sec forty. He's only in the tenth grade.  Then there's me. I'm still doing whatever i can to provide for my family. I play a little golf, listen to jazz to keep my sanity and do whatever i can to be a good father and mentor to my kids.