Carol Wnuk:  

Hi, as you know if you are here my name is Carol (Anderson)Wnuk. I graduate from SGHS in Winter 1966. Scooted off to LBState (as it was called at that time)graduated received my Teaching Credential and immediately started teaching elementary school with LAUSD. I worked in South Central LA and Cudahy for 9 years. Injured my back helping to restrain a student who was breaking down, bashing his head into a wall due to having recently lost most of his family in a tragic accident. I married and in one weekend we went from a family of two with a dog, to a family of five with a dog. My daughter was born eleven week premature, weighing in at 3 lbs 7 oz. That weekend we also received custody of my husband's two boys, ages 5 and 6 from a previous marriage. Our daughter born in August was in intensive until November. When she reached the massive weight of 5 lbs 11 oz she came home and the fun really began. We moved into a larger home out in San Dimas, I couldn't return to work due to back injury, then we REALLY moved, to Minnesota. As they say there, Uff da! Transporting a native Californian to the upper mid-west in November isn't the best idea, we were moving into a resort on a pennisula (which we purchased) is definately not good to win the heart and mind of a California girl, me. Phew a great deal of work but I loved it, nature everywhere I was like a little child the first rupture of spring. However, my husband voiced repeatedly that this was the biggest mistake he had ever made. He left in June at our busiest time on a fishing resort with cabins, boats, motors, bait, small 3.2 beer bar and gas and oil. He returned to California to earn money so we could get our feet back on theground.What did I know? I learned right away i...Expand for more