The Chronicles of John Trammell

     When I was in middle school, there were certain field trips that was only available for certain students.  Majority of these special field trips were offered only to the gate students at my school, which I felt was unfair.  The biggest trip, which I desperately wanted do to go to in middle school, was a trip to the Catalina Island Marine Institute (CIMI) at Toyon Bay.  This field trip featured learning experiences in the marine sciences, which at the time, my dream job was to be a marine biologist.  My sister was on the gate team when she attended middle school, and she was able to go on this field trip.  Today, I still love the ocean and geek out about marine sciences.  My mom is a science teacher at the middle school that I attended, Clement Middle School, in Redlands.  She had planned a field trip to CIMI.  Unlike my years as a student, when only the gate kids can go, any 7th grader and 8th...

     It has been three years since I lost my job.  The lose of the job has made things more challenging financially, and postponing me moving on to a new chapter in my life.  Not to say life was bad.  Had many amazing things happen since I lost my job.  Mostly due to my involvement in the 4-H program.  Lately, I have been seeking for change.  A change to move forward with my life.  I knew there were two things I need to accomplish this.  The first is to finish school.  Graduating in June.  The second step is to get a job.  One of my goals for this summer was to begin the hunt for a job.  It is better to start looking and home for a job before I graduate.  I looked here and there, but nothing good came up.  I had a concern about being hired with all my 4-H and family vacation trips going on in the summer.  Right before heading off to State 4-H Leadership Conference up in Santa Cruz, I thought of loo...