Modern day problems sometimes seem almost insurmountable when I take a look back and compare them to earlier times. In school I was always less than an entusiastic student. Generally I was thinking about what we were going to have for lunch and if my mom was going to let me go to the river instead of starting homework as soon as I came home. My motivation was lacking but there was always encouragement from teachers in some form or fashion.At St. Joseph Catholic School the nuns who were the teaches wouldn't let me out the door if I hadn't ...