The Quinn Harris Story

About the Book

The “Quinn Harris” story is about choices. Choices regarding your education, your career and your spiritual walk. In your quest for an education, it is very important to get a good foundation. It will be very difficult to excel in middle school if you did not learn the basics in elementary school. This trend will continue until you are able to correct it sometime before attending college. The secret is for the parent and/or the teacher to make learning one of the most exciting adventures the child will ever experience. When choosing a career, you must make sure that your choice is best suited for your personal skills. Remember the cliché, “find a job you like and never work a day in your life.” This old adage should help you choose a career. For example, do coaches, musicians, teachers, or preachers, really have a job or do they have a passion? Choosing your spiritual walk may be the most important decision of all. Everyone will have to choose how they would like to spend their days on Earth and their existence in the after-life. The “Quinn Harris” story is an excellent example of the things you should do and the things you should not do in order to have a positive impact on your immediate family and the world. The ultimate decision as to what is good/bad and/or right or wrong will determine your success or failure on planet earth. You must always remember that God made the world. This means that He can do anything, for anyone, at any time. If this book is about choices, then doing God’s will should be your first and last choice regarding everyday decisions. I hope the Quinn Harris story will help you make the right choice.

About the Author

I was born in Marshall Texas and raised in Riverside California. My father was a strict disciplinarian and my mother was both nurturing and encouraging. As a child I participated in a lot of sports and music programs. Army boot camp and the Fifty-Second Army Band were the turning points in my life. One exposed me to the realities of survival and the other exposed me to the possibilities of success. My education consisted of the following: Three and a half years of studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston Massachusetts (AA degree), four years at the University of California, Riverside (B.A. Degree), one year at California Baptist College, in Riverside, California (Teaching Credentials), one year at National University in the Master’s program, San Bernardino California. I worked four years as a long term substitute in the Riverside Unified School District, eight years as a certificated music teacher in the Pomona Unified School District and twelve years as a science and music appreciation teacher in the San Bernardino City Unified School District. Since retiring in two thousand-five, I have promoted “Doo Wopp” and “Old School” concerts, sponsored music education programs for disadvantaged youths and young adults, and I have recorded several gospel, jazz and blues, C.D.s to help finance most of these projects. Somewhere in the mist of all this, I found Jesus, and if I have had any success, let it be known that God gets the glory. May God continue to bless you and your family as He has blessed me and mine.