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Michael Wittig's Website
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Hi! My name is Michael Wittig, and I live in Juneau, Alaska's capital. Juneau is a pleasant city of 30,000 mostly pleasant people, living in a place where it rains a lot (when it isn't snowing). We are surrounded in Juneau by the mountains and the water, accessible only by ship and by plane. Wilderness surrounds us. The rains that fall nurture our forests of spruce and hemlock trees, and the thick understory of vegetation supports an abundant population of wildlife. Juneau is a beautiful place in which to live. |
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| As a nine year old boy, I didn't have a clue what life had in store for me, though I do remember a philosophical moment in my early life when I pondered what I would be doing at the dawn of the twenty-first century. I do remember determining that I would be thirty-nine, and how that seemed so very far away at the time; beyond the number itself I had no vision of what it might be like, no crystal ball to gaze upon. I am well past thirty-nine now, beyond that distant boyhood dream, and the reality is pretty-darned good. |
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In the years between then and now I've seen quite a lot. I went through junior high and high school between Oakland, California and Austin, Texas. I went through college at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana and the University of Nevada in Reno, and after a couple of changes in majors I graduated with a bachelors degree in Agricultural and Industrial Mechanics; then, fifteen years later, went back to school at the University of Alaska-Southeast and completed the requirements for a teaching certificate in elementary education. |
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| In my various careers I've scooped ice cream, worked in a lightbulb warehouse, managed production in a small chemical company, supervised the quality control department of an insulation manufacturer, performed assay work in a mining operation, managed a movie theater, drove a school bus, worked as an automotive service advisor and later managed the service department at a GM dealership, and until recently (and most enjoyably) kept the technological wheels spinning as the technology specialist for an elementary school. I am currently employed at home, raising and caring for my youngest daughter, Becky. It is probably the most important job I've ever had. |
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| I have a lovely wife named Sheryl, who works as an elementary school teacher here in Juneau. My oldest daughter, Dorothy, attends college and hopes to teach high school music some day. In a few more years, when Becky (and her hoped-for younger sibling) is in school, I will probably begin teaching in a classroom as well. We are, it seems, a family of teachers. |
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