Catherine Young:
CLASS OF 1971
Agoura High SchoolClass of 1971
Agoura hills, CA
Catherine's Story
As the report in Psych 1, I did study on how to do a term paper, an so I was
the only one in that class that wasn't
a book report. I had a keen interest in
Psych, from the PTSD that got me into the foster home that I stayed at while I
was at my fifth high school. I meet some
people an from the huge campus, an the
earthquakes that we had, many persons I have no idea who they are. The few friends that I did have, befriended me,that made my stay bareable, as most of my time was with my studies an foster home life, an of course horse trails.
I have been thru a lot, an now well aged.The most I can say, is as a volunteer, I have been active in Kern county,as I am on several committees. Got to be a ground breaker for the local Homeless Shelter, an active with
the Homeless Housing Colabrative, also
on other Housing committees, including
Transitional Aged Youth. I have been
a volunteer in local non profits, as
well have been a board member of one.
I have been a comission member of some
county oversite programs, task force,
an currently active with one of the
Emergency Preparedness committees, It
is said we have one state of the art
HQ for a disaster, an everyone is one
part of a cog when that happens. So
the biggest part of my life is staying
informed, an many consider me a valued
resource an as a consumer advocate I
know many things have taken place that
even I don't know, but keeping all the
programs on there toes, keep us in the
loop, so at ...Expand for more
least I represent someone.
As far as Kids, there was one boy, he
is over 30, an I did find my dad when
I was 30, he died 3 yrs later. What
have I found out: a few years ago, it
was discovered that I have asbuger an
that did explain a lot for me, but the
kid in third grade just wanted to know
what was wrong, knew that they really
did not have any info for me. I waited
a whole lifetime, to know what part of
me that was wrong. I am an aspie, my
son was dsylexea an there were no real
programs for him either, so he got put
into the wrong class ["me first!"]So
he wasn't raised by me, not by choice.
My abuser got custody, an it was real
court case for his lifetime.Now he is
taking care of her, an she got him as
she did work for the top bosses of the
DPSS [her old bosses for Rocketdyne,
all 3 of them] So remember the kid who
was a grad ready to retire, well, I got to retire, shortly after being in
high school. All I want is to become
a bookeeper [OJT],I found out here at
BCJC, that I have a learning disablity
I am slow processing deficet, I can
type [manual speed 45wpm] jobs always
required 50wpm [on the job, you never
did more than 30wpm] The sezuries that
you never noticed, they still don't
know what I have, now are massive. I
also have COPD, w/plursy an that also
took forever to find out about. I am
a professional, I am a pro-catch-22.
If anyone even knows me, ask for my
email, an send me a note, there were
a few persons that had lunch w/me.
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