The History of Zachary Craig Durtschi
My name is Zachary Craig Durtschi. I was born in Logan, Utah on November 14, 1986. At the time, my dad was pursuing is Engineering Degree at Utah State. After graduation, my dad got a job in Ridgecrest, CA. This is where I grew up.
Schooling
I attended kindergarten through 5th grade at Pierce Elementary school. My favorite part of the day was lunch recess. One of favorite games to play was kickball. We played with these big, red bouncy balls. I don’t think there was a winner or loser. We would just split up into two groups and kick the balls back and forth to each other. The higher and farther you could kick the ball, the cooler you were.
Even though I had a great time at these recesses, there was one down side: the Yard Duties. Some of the yard duties were really nice; others not so much. It rarely snows in Ridgecrest, maybe once every two years or so. I remember being in the 4th grade when it snowed one day. Snow was still on the ground during the first recess. One of the first things I did when I got outside was made a snowball and threw it. As soon as I did it, I realized a yard duty had seen me do it. She came over to me and told me I had to sit on the bench for the rest of recess!!! I was so disappointed. I sat there watching all of the kids play hoping there would be snow at the lunch recess. However, when lunch recess came there was no snow left! I learned from this lesson the importance of keeping the rules; not doing so can take away our privileges.
From 6th through 8th grade, I attended Monroe Middle school. This school was within walking distance from my house. It only took about 5 minutes to get there. It was during this time that I met people with who I would be friends with all the way through high school and some even till today. One of my favorite classes in middle school was woodshop taught by Mr. Egus (his real last name was a whole chalkboard long). I made a foot stool and a long board in this class. The number of power tools we could use was limited, so we had to do a lot of the sawing by hand. I remember spending hours using a dovetail saw to make all of our joints. It was a lot of fun though.
Schooling
I attended kindergarten through 5th grade at Pierce Elementary school. My favorite part of the day was lunch recess. One of favorite games to play was kickball. We played with these big, red bouncy balls. I don’t think there was a winner or loser. We would just split up into two groups and kick the balls back and forth to each other. The higher and farther you could kick the ball, the cooler you were.
Even though I had a great time at these recesses, there was one down side: the Yard Duties. Some of the yard duties were really nice; others not so much. It rarely snows in Ridgecrest, maybe once every two years or so. I remember being in the 4th grade when it snowed one day. Snow was still on the ground during the first recess. One of the first things I did when I got outside was made a snowball and threw it. As soon as I did it, I realized a yard duty had seen me do it. She came over to me and told me I had to sit on the bench for the rest of recess!!! I was so disappointed. I sat there watching all of the kids play hoping there would be snow at the lunch recess. However, when lunch recess came there was no snow left! I learned from this lesson the importance of keeping the rules; not doing so can take away our privileges.
From 6th through 8th grade, I attended Monroe Middle school. This school was within walking distance from my house. It only took about 5 minutes to get there. It was during this time that I met people with who I would be friends with all the way through high school and some even till today. One of my favorite classes in middle school was woodshop taught by Mr. Egus (his real last name was a whole chalkboard long). I made a foot stool and a long board in this class. The number of power tools we could use was limited, so we had to do a lot of the sawing by hand. I remember spending hours using a dovetail saw to make all of our joints. It was a lot of fun though.