User:Meburch

Early Life:

Eddie Burch (Michael Edward Burch) was born August 3, 1972 in Ft. Devan, Massachusetts to mother, Hilde Marie (Vinson) Burch and Thomas Earle Burch. His father served in the U.S. Army for the first six years of his life, which resulted in frequent moves. By the time Eddie was seven years old he had lived in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Virginia, Germany, San Antonio and Ft. Polk, Louisianna.

Early years:

Around age seven, Eddie moved with his parents back to their hometown of Huntsville, Alabama where he would stay until his fourth year of college. Although settled in one city, there would still be frequent moves resulting in several changes of school. The 2nd and 3rd grade were spent at Davis Hills Elementary; 4th grade at University Place Elementary, 5th and 6th grades at Montview Elementary and the first half of 7th grade at Ed White Elementary.

Halfway through 7th grade, Eddie and his mother moved in with her parents and sister where Eddie would live until college. He attended Stone Middle School. Then, spent all four years at Butler High School, where he would graduate in 1990. Burch played baseball all four years of High School mostly as a reserve, collecting one hit in eleven at bats as a Senior playing mostly second base.

Throughout his primary education, Eddie compiled average grades, but often scored above average on standardized tests. He began taking advanced math courses in the eighth grade, skipping over some fundamental algebraic content in the process - a move that would eventually limit him.

In the Fall of 1990, Eddie began college at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, aspiring to become a Civil Engineer. He adjusted well to college and compliled a grade point average of 3.2 his first quarter of school. After that quarter, he pledged and was later initiated into Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, Theta Pi chapter, a move he credits for bringing him out of his shell and improving his all-around development. However, his prospects in the Engineering field would begin to dwindle. Since jumping to advanced math in the eight grade, Burch's grades became slightly lower at each level owing to the lack of fundamental algebraic knowledge. After seeing his GPA fall in the second and third quarter of his Freshman year, Eddie decided to change his major to History with a minor in Secondary Education and pursue a teaching career. It was after this change that Eddie became an avid reader, thanks to a diverse reading list prescribed by professors in the History department at UAH. His grades improved, but after his third year of college he had second thoughts about teaching and