Betty Shipman:  

Life 46 years old, homemaker, married 20 MISERABLE years, I rather not talk about it. I have 1 daughter Christina, I love my daughter. My mother and father both alive and happy, healthy. I love my mother and father so much in my heart. I graduated 1980 at West; High school OK to me. I was much of a loner. 4 years, All the way until I got a diploma in my hand. Four years later- I was a student at Northern Illinois University, with Program of Hearing Impaired (PHI). I had few friends, some lost touch, I would find all of them, Keep in touch once a great while, phone calls, letters, visit, E-mails. After that, I did not want to stay in college, BUT I wished I should stay, have a best job, maybe a professional. That made me really mad at myself. School My grade school teachers, Mrs. Perrin, Mrs. Boden, I don't know what happened to them. Outside fun things, before school's out, Dog Show, students, teachers, parents, bring their dogs, all kinds of breeds, even poodles, Homemade ribbons written: Best of: Small, Large, Short, Fat, Color, Fur/Hair Grooming. 5th or 6th were the judges. School "Carnival" Cake Walk, Apples Bobble in the old fashioned tub. Took the whole afternoon off! Math class- Hot day in May, Subject: Liquid Measuring gallon, pints, quarts, Remember wax cardboard paper with plastic handle top 1 gallon milk carton? All classroom "Pod" each have a sink and drinking fountain. We students bored, hot, have to learn. One of the student did this on purpose, I fill up my milk carton with water, plastic handle torn off, downpour all over the students, Got their revenge pour all over me! Mrs. Perrin walked fast YELLED loudly like she's our mother! Water flows everywhere, carpet totally soaked, we tried clean up the big puddle with brown paper towels, Didn't have time before 3:00 dismissal, left it, Let the janitors do the work! College Four years later (1984) - I was a student at Northern Illinois University, with Program of Hearing Impaired (PHI). Over there! Alot of fun!...Expand for more