Janet Ward:  

Life I was born in Gatesville, TX. Moved to Orange, TX at the age of one year. Started school there at Jones Elem. then moved to Ft. Worth when I was halfway thru my third grade year. Lived in Wedgewood section of Ft. Worth and attended Bruce Shulkey Elem. third thru sixth grades. Attended Wedgewood Jr. High for seventh grade. Moved to Arlington right before I began eighth grade. Attended Nichols Jr. High. Hated it. Hated the kids (99% of them; I thought they were all a bunch of hoodlums and trash!) The girls were always fighting each other. I attended Arlington High my sophomore through graduation and rode the glorious bus #11 to and from school every day! Liked high school, but hated the principal, Mr. Webb. Very narrow minded individual in my opinion. Glad to see him leave! Enjoyed choir except didn't like Ms. Jane Ellis having her usual pets. Never got into Choraliers even tho' I thought I sang alot better than most of the popular kids who made the cut. Couldn't stand Ms. Moore for junior English. She failed me and the majority of her students that first semester. English had always been my BEST subject! She hallucinated in class (saw things that weren't there and heard things that weren't being said!). Vowed I would never allow my own children to be bullied by teachers or school administration and I've kept that vow. Graduated in 1971. Had a blast during graduation ceremony playing with water guns and blowing bubbles on stage at Texas Hall on the UTA campus. Started college at UTA and finished college at UT Austin. Those were the best times of my life. Learned to speak Spanish and fell in love with the various hispanic cultures, customs, and the language. Returned to Arlington and worked. Married and had two children. I got married to a divorced man and we had custody of his four children. We had two of our own. I ended up divorcing him after ten years of marriage. He got involved in the drug scene and I ...Expand for more