Sharon Christine Blackard:
CLASS OF 1983
Fremont Middle SchoolClass of 1983
Mundelein, IL
Mundelein High SchoolClass of 1987
Mundelein, IL
Grant Community High SchoolClass of 1987
Fox lake, IL
Grant High SchoolClass of 1987
Fox lake, IL
Fremont Elementary SchoolClass of 1983
Mundelein, IL
Sharon Christine's Story
Life
--GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL
-- GOT A SCHOLARSHIP TO BARAT COLLEGE IN LAKE FOREST -- GRADUATED CUM LAUDE CAPPA GAMMA PI, DELTA EPSILON SIGMA, DEPARTMENTAL HONORS IN PSYCHOLOGY (BA PSHYCH)
-- GOT A SCHOLARSHIP TO DEPAUL COLLEGE OF LAW
-- MOVED TO CHICAGO 1992
-- GRADUATED FROM LAW SCHOOL 1996, DEANS SCHOLAR
-- PASSED THE BAR, NOV. 1996
-- WAS SICK TO DEATH OF LAW SO I OPENED UP A TEA ROOM/COFFEE HOUSE/ART GALLERY/PERFORMANCE SPACE/INDI-MOVIE THEATRE CALLED XOINX TEA ROOM (SAY "ZOINKS!")
-- TEA ROOM WAS A HUGE HIT AND A DREAM COME TRUE
-- 3 YEARS LATER I LEARNED THAT A PERSON CAN ACTUALLY BECOME SICK OF A "DREAM COME TRUE"
-- SOLD XOINX, COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND MY CONDO
--- YEAR 2000 DECIDED TO ACTUALLY USE MY LAW DEGREE
-- GOT HIRED AT DLA PIPER (HUGE INTERNATIONAL FIRM)
--- WANTED TO CHANGE TO CORPORATE LAW (FROM CONFLICTS LAW WHICH I WAS DOING AT DLA PIPER) SO I QUIT ...Expand for more
THERE AND GOT A NEW JOB AS AN ATTORNEY AT ANOTHER BIG FIRM CALLED DYKEMA GOSSET... THIS TIME IN THE CORPORATE DEPARTMENT
--- NOV. 2001, GOT HURT VERY BADLY DURING AN EMERGENCY DRILL AT WORK
--- HURT MYSELF SO BAD, COULDN'T WORK ANYMORE AND HAD TO GIVE UP TRYING IN AUGUST OF 2004 (I REALLY TRIED TO WORK WITH THE INJURIES, BUT JUST COULDN'T CUT IT)
--- CURRRENTLY... NOW I'M AT HOME WITH MY CATS AND MY FAVORITE PERSON, MIKE... I'M ON DISABILITY AND BASICALLY THINGS KINDA SUCK RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF MY HEALTH AND THE BOREDOM CAUSED BY NOT BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING -- EVER!
--- AND THAT'S ABOUT IT!
--- HAPPY ENDING STILL PENDING....
---- FOR ALL OF YOU NICE FOLKS WHO I USED TO KNOW, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST... AND I HOPE IF I EVER SEE ANY OF YOU AGAIN, I'LL HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS TO SHARE... A BETTER CONTINUATION TO THIS CURRENT SITUATION (SO LET'S HOPE SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENS SOON!:-)
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