Michael Johnston:
CLASS OF 1989
Valley High SchoolClass of 1989
Sacramento, CA
California State University Class of 2006
Sacramento, CA
Napa High SchoolClass of 1989
Napa, CA
Vichy Elementary SchoolClass of 1983
Napa, CA
Michael's Story
Life
In school I was Michael Davis; for many reasons, I changed my name to my birth-given name in 2005.
I'm still living in Sacramento; I got sidetracked from college in the mid-nineties by a really good job. When I hit 30 in 2001, I decided to leave and return to school. I completed my degree in English in 2006 and am now teaching High School in Sacramento City Unified School District. I'm also a published SF novelist with three books out as of October 2022.
Some of you who knew me in high school may remember I was /really/ weird. I wish I could say I don't remember. Somewhere along the line I grew up.
School
Yeesh. I was known, I guess, for two things: Being really stupidly weird, and crushing on every girl that was nice to me. I'm still a bit embarassed by the idiot...Expand for more
I was back then, but there comes a time you have to just shrug and laugh at yourself. For me, that time is now. My god, I was a dork! I can only say that it was my way of dealing with a really horrible home life -- my mother was dying, my adopted siblings hated me, and the only way I could cope was to pretend to be everything I wasn't. It took me a long time to see my idiocy for what it was, but now I'm finally at the point I can just shrug and say "Sorry. I was a tool. I'm better now."
Tina Penna was the teacher I wanted to be. That woman got me through a lot of crap during high school, and was a good source of advice afterward. It's her example that sent me back to college finally, and now I've got a chance to repay what she did for me by mentoring my own students.
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