Cynthia Carter:
CLASS OF 1981
Rayburn High SchoolClass of 1981
Pasadena, TX
Cynthia's Story
After graduating from Rayburn in January of 1981, yes January. (We were the last class to be able to graduate at the middle of the year.) I went on walk-about I guess would be the best term. I had multiple jobs and lived in several locations with the only commonality being that they weren't in Pasadena.
Being the know-it-all genious, that I thought I was, I thought that I was much too intelligent to attend college and that my high school diploma would take me anywhere I wanted. During this time I learned to true meaning of living within your means, rather painfully in some cases.
Now it is over 30 years since I have been inside Sam Rayburn High School and I have accomplished more than I imagined in that building. I have been married to my best friend since 1984. We have 2 wonderful sons that unfortunately for them have their mother's streak of youthful imperialism. We have a home in East Texas that we adore but would gladly burn to the ground should natural gas or oil be foun...Expand for more
d on the property.
I still have not returned to Pasadena but am currently living in LaPorte helping my mother with some issues that began as medical and have evolved into the financial.
I did learn that a high school education is worth very little and have returned to school. So far, I have earned my Associate's in Accounting and am in the process of getting my Bachelor's in Accounting. I should graduate about 3 weeks after my 50th birthday. There begins the second half of my life.
I went to Park View Intermediate and Mae Smythe Elementary while I was growing up on the "berry" streets. My best friends in school were Staci Coble, Linda Staggs and Robyn Walsh. My little sister is more widely known than I was during school. Her name is Claudia Higginbotham Berry and graduated in 1984.
The only reunion that our class had was the 5 year reunion. At least that is the only one that I heard about. I was not able to attend that event becasue of personal health reasons at the time.
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