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Guests | December 29, 2009

Everyone Called Me "Happy"

0 comments By Alex Lemon

I have nystagmus and diplopia and chronic pain and ataxia, and I can tell that I'm nervous and excited that my new book is out today because all of... Continue »

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   Happy: A Memoir

   Alex Lemon

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dcarbonephd, June 23, 2006

I just learned that this book existed, yesterday (June 22, 2006). Growing-up in Jersey City, NJ, as a child of a three-time incarcerated parent, has sensitized me to the plight of innocent children, as well as that of both youth and adult offenders. In addition to my full-time job, I work with both youth and adult offenders, as well as at-risk youth. Through my part-time and volunteer work, I now teach or mentor kids in every grade level from first grade all the way through first-year college students. I wrote a proposal dated 9/9/05 on three-phased rehabilitation for offenders that must be part of each offender's sentence, because otherwise, no one will take rehabilitation seriously enough to make it effective. This June 30th will mark 40 years since my mother took me, her then nine-year old son, along with my then 11-year old sister and 16-year old half-brother, and left a bad home situation. My mother past away in 1984. My father died in 1988 and was incarcerated three times totalling sixteen years that spanned 20 year period from the late sixties to the late eighties. Since January 2000, for one of my part-time jobs, I've taught college courses to state inmates. I'm now teaching my 40th college course for the same college that my father graduated from while in prison back in 1975. I look forward to acquiring and reading this book.

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