During a long career in federal law enforcement, I was a training officer for the Federal Courts. I taught on a wide variety of subjects and this was one of the most enjoyable duties that I was assigned. Challenged to create interesting and informative lesson plans, I was driven to keep my students involved and connected to the subject matter. In grammar and middle school I was an average student but it was not until my junior year in high school that I began to realize that if I really ap...