L. Charlene Michael:  

ception was East Valley High in Spokane). Thank goodness I took learning seriously, it was one of the things that helped me get through my teen years. I still enjoy learning to this day and try to remember the teachers I had who encouraged me to be myself. College I went to work straight out of high school. Six years later I attended City College of San Francisco. My first child was just a few months old when I started college -- I was still breastfeeding her! Nonetheless I made the Dean's List. My one regret is that only half of my teachers there were any good. I stopped going to college because I went through a divorce and had to go back to work.