User:The english slanguage

Gavin David-Lee Perkins (Born April 14, 1986) is a current student at Arkansas State University and future Democratic Senator for the State of Arkansas.

Early Life
Gavin was born in Conway, Arkansas and grew up in various locations around Central Arkansas, primarily in Little Rock suburbs. He is the oldest of four children born to Cynthia Diane Hice.

Up until the 2000 Presidential campaign of George W. Bush, Perkins had much more of a southern accent than he does today. He was inspired to try and rid himself of the accent after an anchor on the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather pointed out how Mr. Bush's slight southern accent contributed to his "childish looks" and thus this made him much more difficult to take seriously as a candidate.

On June 17th, 2003, Perkins began what was to become a four year career at The Heritage Company, a publishing/marketing firm based in North Little Rock, known primarily for its telephone fund raising efforts for non-profit organizations. In March of 2006, he was promoted to management within the company, a position in which he didn't enjoy holding, but "did it anyway for resume building".

In 2004, he graduated from Vilonia High School in Vilonia, Arkansas, a small town of less than 4,000 located just east of Conway. Perkins would go on to complete 2 years of college at Arkansas State University Beebe(a 2 year school that is part of the ASU system) before transferring to Arkansas State University in January of 2007 to pursue a Bachelors degree in Computer Science.

So what name does he go by?
Up Until 2003, Perkins went only by the name of David. In the Summer of 2003, he began working at The Heritage Company, where at the time, it was required to say your legal first name while pitching somebody on the telephone. Because of this, people began calling Perkins by his first name. As of 2008, The names Gavin goes by include Gavin, Dave, David, Perkins, and to his close family as David-Lee.