I knew almost nothing about life until I became a Christian in the U.S. Army when I was stationed in Germany in 1976 at the age of 22. A wonderful Army pastor befriended me and taught me about the Bible. My life was completely changed. When I was a new Christian I read the Book of Proverbs often. I found that it has lots of practical knowledge about living life packed closely together. About six months ago I decided to share with others what I have learned starting with Proverbs chapter 1. My theory is to build on the concepts of knowledge, wisdom, understanding, discernment, and discretion. I randomly gave definitions to these ideas and built upon them in order to gradually develop a foundation of knowledge for young people that began simplistically and gradually developed into more complex and comprehensive systems of understanding life around them from a Christian perspective. It's been exciting to write these ideas. I have three children and I continually used the Bible to help teach them about the world around them. I was also a teacher for about twenty years. I was a substitute teacher for about 6 or 7 years in three school districts, and then I taught special education for about 5 years. Then I was a substitute teacher again for about another 6 or 7 years in three more school districts. During my last 5 years I taught mainly in junior high and high school. I probably taught about 18,000 to 24,000 students each year. Some of the students I had in other classes as well and that is why there is a difference of about 3,000 students. If I counted the same students that I had in different classes, I probably had closer to 24,000 students that I taught each year. I found the students to be smart, caring, patient, mature, protective, respectful, and desiring to learn and grow. I made a personal commitment to reach out to them when I retired.