So you were not involved in education is any way shape or form in 1979.
Graduated from where, as in location? Was it as a poor black child in western Alabama? I have s story to tell you about my experience with education when I was a recruiting manager for the Navy in Alabama. If you know anything about the ASVAB test, it will curl your hair!
Doesn't 48 years get boring? In my life, I have rarely worked somewhere more than 3 years. I did work as a classroom teacher at one school in Florida for 8 years, but that was the exception, and I was promoted out of that job.