Carl
G. Mueller, Nam 1968
4141
Pacific Hwy.
San
Diego, CA 92110
Phone
contact and references for personal stupid teaching ideas:
My
case manager Paul R. Ostrom, (619)
393-2074
paul.ostrom@vvsd.net
Housing and
employment resume
I’m
applying for Senior Housing. I would
also like to know if part time employment might be available within your
company in order to help pay the rent in the event my insurance(s) and small incomes
are to insufficient? My interests in
seniors and newly acquired life skills might be helpful to your clients, their
families, and your staff. My last
thirteen months have sorely opened up my eyes regarding some of Society’s
lethargic appreciation for the skills that us elderly can provide. Therefore I have enclosed my resume of
skills. Skills that are available free
in the event my insurances and income are sufficient.
My newly invented stupid teaching ideas make learning fun.
This is done by using my stupidity Exposing my own stupidity has proven to be a
little bit on the funny side because I’m not that smart to begin with.
I
will also teach video creation by showing seniors how I learn from my mistakes. This mistake filled learning and teaching Internet
video will be coming soon.
I’m currently enrolled at:
3249 Fordham Street, San Diego, CA
92110
In one of my Continuing Education
class there are more seniors then those under the age of 55. For me it’s really great learning with
seniors, especially when compared to living and learning with the middle aged
men at VVSD.
This “senior learning opportunity” is new for me
because I spent 11 of the last 12 years living by myself on top of the mountain
at Big Bear Lake, CA. The snowy ice winters
are not senior friendly. http://www.city-data.com/city/Big-Bear-Lake-California.html
After
25 years I recently left the mountains of Big Bear Lake, CA not only because of
the rent increase but also because the snow and ice was now becoming too
risky. Moving from the mountains and
working with the Veterans Administration in San Francisco and now San Diego has
helped me make the transition from a self controlled pace of retired mountain
living to the faster pace of city life.
I’m looking forward to the learning opportunities in a senior living
home and exploring the city and smaller towns with their Ocean shoreline, while
still being able to enjoy the self
controlled pace of retired life.
I have two types
of insurances:
I’m
67 years old and have been receiving Social Security Disability Insurance
(SSDI) for over 12 years, now it’s $970.00 per month net. I have Social Security Insurance Part A &
B. I’m also a Vietnam Veteran and have
Veterans Insurance. In 1999 and 2000
Loma Linda Veterans hospital of CA gave me two total hip replacements Right and
Left. My Social Security paid for the operations in full. VA doctors did an
excellent job. I receive no money from
the military or any insurances companies.
No mental problems. Being
homeless is my only problem.
Physical &
mental health excellent:
No problems with my hip replacements. In fact I’m an avid walker and hiker. I’ve been living and hiking the mountain regions of Big Bear Lake for the past 18 years with no hip or other physical or mental problems. Referrals available upon request.
My excellent mental health face
Index of seven
skills that could help seniors
1. Personalized artistic rock gardens
2. Fishing tricks
3. Artistic inexpensive mistake free painting
4. Teach grandchildren to use new technology
with old fashion methods!
5. Newest technology
6. Other of my own enjoyable activities and
future interests
7. Work history of 20 to 40 years ago:
Seven of the skills
1. Personalized artistic rock gardens
My
own rock garden, after three summers
of enjoyable creations filled the front, one side, and back of my corner lot in
Big Bear Lake. All gardens where
designed for easy rearranging so as to accommodate my changing artistic inspirations. One arrangement had a large canoe filled with
dirt with various growing flowers. The
canoe was dug into the ground on a slight angel so as to represent the back
half being in the water and front half being out of the water. Large rocks
surrounded the canoes’ upper out of the water section. The lower water section
was surrounded with blue, white and other flowers to represent water and some
waterweeds. For added affect the canoes’
anchor rope was tied to an adjacent tree.
Next
personalized rock garden was for my 81year young neighbor lady who also had a
large corner lot. Her rock and flower gardens where to be designed not only for
flowers and rocks but include tunnels for chipmunks and a small waterfall for
every walking, crawling and flying thing in the mountains of Big Bear
Lake.
Two
conditions where needed with the creation of her flowered rock gardens. First was keeping the price down by using the
rocks that were unearthed as I dug (We lived in the section of Big Bear Lake
called Boulder Bay). The second condition
was training her dog Honey Bear to stay on the circled trails running
throughout her three gardens. She bought
Honey Bear as a puppy not knowing little puppy Honey Bear would turn into a
moose of a dog! It was fun training with
Honey Bear because I too was professionally trained by using my almost as big
German Shepherd Cindy.
2. Fishing tricks
I
enjoyed learning while teaching the seniors and grandchildren about fishing
from the shoreline of Big Bear Lake. I
have taught trout fishing to the grandchildren and wife of a prominent San
Diego doctor while living in Big Bear. I
teach fishing to be a fun experience whether or not we catch fish. Of course I don’t tell that to the kids. The grandparents figure it out rather quickly
and enjoy the other activities I use to fill-in when the fish aren’t biting. Fill-in activities such as making hook less
fishing necklaces, cooking, eating and recording all this on video. Another
important trick is for me to be well organized before the fishing begins so the
lines can be put in the water as soon as possible and this is where I explain
how “we trick” the fish. I use the catch and realize method. Of course each fishing pole has its own name
and many pictures and videos are taken! In
Big Bear Lake I was known as the King of shoreline fishing.J
3. Artistic inexpensive mistake free painting
I’m
also rather innovative when it comes to inexpensive ways to do artistic
paintings. I do the paintings in an
abstract impressionistic style. We can’t
really make a mistake when using that style.
The painting is done on a regular #9 business size envelope. I use varying types of cheap paints. Because we are painting on regular envelope
paper it’s always exciting to witness how some paints blend together with water
while other paints don’t. I paint the
back of stencils and press them onto the blended paints thus more blending “layers”. No drawing skills are needed
for stenciling! After the envelope has
dried I sometimes use a colored or black fine tipped cheap roller ball pen to add
effect where some of colors intersect.
This is where a non steady hand can be an advantage when doing this
abstract impressionistic style of art.
4. Teach grandchildren to use new technology with
old fashion methods!
Another
advantage of using envelopes as art work is we now can insert a letter and photos of each other painting
the envelope. We then
can put a stamp on the painted envelope and return address on the back and mail
it to grandchildren or other seniors.
The advantage of sending the envelopes the old
fashion way, by
using the U.S. postal mail services, is that the envelopes are now postmarked
and dated thus verifying the authenticity of the artistic artwork because the
postmarks are on top of the envelopes art. Now the receiver has a collectable treasure
and they might even return the favor with their own hand painted treasure containing
a letter and pictures inside.
I’ll
teach seniors by showing how I’m learning by using the Apple smart iPhone.
I’ll
show by video how I’m learning to record video on my smart Apple iPhone. I’ll teach seniors how to send video by email,
and how to edit and place all this teaching information on our own free
webpage. WE LEARN TOGETHER!!
6. Other of my own enjoyable activities and
future interests
1.
Education by professional instructors
and self education
2.
Reading, writing, computers, photography
and film making
3.
Movies, plays, art galleries, museums,
football, basketball, baseball, cards and board games
4.
Bicycle riding and repair, Health clubs = Swimming, light weight lifting, steam and
saunas
5.
Enjoy: people, dogs, cats, all farm &
wild animals, gardening, working, shore fishing
7. Work history of 20 to 40 years ago
1.
Welder by trade
2.
Sold bookkeeping and tax services to
small businesses
My Artistic face
3.
Sold cars and webpage designs.
Thank You,
Carl G. Mueller
Vietnam 1968
