Chapter One

AFTER PIMP LIFE

My name is John SamuelDickson. A lot of people know me as Rosebudd the PimP and as of recently, some of you might know of me as a genuine student, in pursuit of as much education as I can possibly attain. I recently earned a Masters Degree, in Teaching and Learning with Technology, with a 4.0 gpa. This will be a good compliment to my Bachelors Degree, in Sociology with and Education Concentration, with a 3.87 gpa.

As of 2-11-2014, I will be pursuing another Masters in the field of Psychology. My formal title is, Education Specialist. I’ll also be qualified to counsel and mediate disagreements of all situations of minors and adults, also. I was, on the road to becoming a teacher, a lifelong goal I have had. I’ve had this as a goal as far back as when I first went to Sonoma State College, back in ‘72.

I’m fortunate to have lived a long and very fruitful life. I also realize my golden years are quickly approaching. When I was younger I thought about if I should work and wait for retirement to travel and see the country, maybe the world, or should I travel while youthful and dedicate my golden years to working. I decided that I’d rather travel while I was young and work when I got older, the opposite of the way most people think.For me, traveling while I was a young man is what made these years I have left golden.

This was no accident; the remaining years I have left were made golden by my being a man of great character, integrity, a topflight street player and a gracious human-being. I’ve grown to be a person willing to learn whatever it takes to make progress in my life and I promised myself to adhere to the notion, ‘each one, teach one’.

None of my being a top flight anything is important to you, per say, but by my being Rosebudd the PimP and you