Althea Cantara:  

Wow! 20 years later....My Life... I thought I was so cool back then in school.....Smoking & drinking and hanging out with my friends was all it was about. I loved to ditch school, to go to Lake Mead and jump off the cliffs or swim at Boulder Beach. But winter was all about Lee Canyon Ski Resort! Nothing like snuggling to warm up. Skiing & snow boarding. Wow! All of what I thought was fun had severe consequences, I had to return to school at Valley for an additional semester during 1989, to make up for being expelled for excessive absences!! After summer school and late bird classes. My senior year was all double classes. U.S. History and Government, English 2 and English Literature. Tough classes! Somehow I had fullfilled all my required courses, except 3 elective credits. What a bummer. That next semester was all electives. I was a 19 yr old returning senior. So actually I didn't graduate until January 1989. I received my diploma in the mail after the secretary called my house two years later to see if I had wanted it. (how sad, I forgot about it, I wondered but never asked an...Expand for more