Vivian Pilger:  

Life Hello - I've been married to Chris since 1993. No children. Love Cats and Dogs. Currently living in Westminster. My interests are, of course - Politics - the conservative kind. Community activism, reading - contemporary. Television? Gray's Anatomy, American Idol, and of course the Fair and Balanced News Station FOX 8-). I was a bit of a hard-case in High School. I had been in and out of about 10 schools by the time I got to Westminster High. My mother would send me to private schools every chance she had (meaning when she had the money). I went to Ray M. Schmitt School,then to Westminster Christian School; then back to Ray M. Schmitt, then to Fryburger Elementary; Johnson Jr. High; then to Westminster Christian School again; Montessori School; Amhurst College Prep; Oakmont Private Academy; and Westminster High. Now that only counts as 8 schools; but when my parents had the money I would go to private schools. So, my education was a bit disjointed and it was hard to form friendships. When I got to Westminster High, I found it pretty easy academically. I loved Mr. Batelli in Business Law, typing and any other class I could get with him. I loved Mr. Woodbury and was essentially his student aide in several "industrial arts" classes. He was like having a wonderful second dad. I loved Mrs. Novack in Speech Communications as a sophomore...it's where I couldn't understand what "youth in Asia" (euthanasia)was; but I ended up getting elected as President during the parliamentary procedures exercise. I also was impeached because I voted my conscience on an issue (as the tie breaker) rather than with my majority party. LOL I felt my soul was more important than the "job" of being president. Mr. Sampson was terrific in the Business class. Mrs. Flowers was terrific in Creative Writing. I remember I started out in Mr. Boyles class for that...however he started reading a story about an autopsy and it was so graphic, and my imagination was so intense that it made me sick so I left the classroom and never went back. Got Mrs. Flowers later for Creative Writing, and she was probably one of my favorite teachers. Always encouraging us and never a bad word about anyone. Because I got there in my sophomore year, I didn't have any friends that I had built relationships with in my freshman year, because I was in private schools (three of them) as a freshman. When I landed at WHS; I only knew one person who was a daughter of a person my sister worked with. She took me under her wing; but she smoked, so we hung out with the smokers in front of the library or behind Building J. A big group, most of whom did not graduate. In my Jr. year, my Dad, a Marine, went to Vietnam. In the Fall when I started as a Senior; I went to the front of the library to ...Expand for more