6/21/2012 PLAYLIST MUSIC REMOVAL
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5/27/2010 Reunion Pictures
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9/17/2009 OUR CLASS WEBSITE IS FULLY FUNDED!
Thanks to your generous contributions our class is fully funded for life! We have successfully funded our class through our 50th year following graduation. From now on, Classreport.org picks
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After graduating from Pershing, I attended Michigan State for one year, then Wayne State for the next 4 years. My major was fine arts (painting) and I graduated with a BFA. Not finding an art job, I headed to Berkeley, California and landed at the beginning of the Free Speech movement. Culture shock. I spent almost a year there ,working in a tie factory, then returned to Detroit and taught in inner city schools.
Late 60s, I attended Hunter College in New York (for an MFA), hated it and dropped out after a few months. I, then, moved to New Haven, Conn. and worked at the Yale Art Library. My next decision was to go to Lebanon. I saved $500 and bought a one-way ticket to London, then hitchhiked through Europe and after a week landed in Beirut. There, I got a job teaching English in a Druze mountain village, met my grandma, many relatives, and visited my parents' villages.
After that, I returned to California where I lived (San Francisco,etc.) for about 8 years. During that time, I drove school buses, and was a mail carrier in San Francisco. Late 70s, I returned to college to get my teaching credentials and completing that, I moved to Portland where I've been ever since. By that time, I had had about 30 jobs (what can I say, I didn't have a plan). My first "real" job was in Portland Public Schools teaching English as a Second Language. After 3 years, I applied to the School for International Training, Vermont, for a master's degree in intercultural management (to work overseas in development). I landed a 6 month internship in Lebanon during their civil war. Very intense time. I witnessed, among other things, the American Embassy bombing. The internship ended, shelling escalated, and I returned to teaching in Portland.
In 1984, my son, Ben was born. Rough beginnings as a single mom, but definitely the highlight of my life. Ben, a graduate of U. of Oregon, is a jazz pianist and has just released his 2nd CD.
I retired from teaching in PPS after 21 years. I'm in my 3rd year of Arabic at Portland State, learning blues guitar, and slowly getting back to doing art. I enjoy spending time with friends, long walks and strong coffee. I miss the old Detroit.
Looking forward to seeing some "old" faces and what about dancing?
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