Deborah Burdette:  

Though I am approaching the age of dirt, I am currently working toward my Masters in Social Science to go with my previous work in Psychology. If all goes as planned, I will earn a PhD and continue in education at the state administrative level rather than the campus level. I would love to see two teachers from SCHS: Wm Henderson and Helen Schnare. My first crush in high school was Tom Huessman. I have no idea what happened to him. My first "love" was Tom Petty. We dated our senior year. What happened to him? My kids swear he is the same Tom Petty who got so famous? My college crush was Tom Miralgia. I married Tom Mish. It was destiny that I marry a Tom!! I don't have that many old friends, however, I hope that Debby Montgomery, Sue Jurdan, Terry Crouch, Keith Hoff, Mary Ludwig, Carolyn Davis Keane and all my friends from the choirs we enjoyed remember me as worthy of their friendship. I must be truly happy because I am where I want to be, doing exactly what I want to do with the ones I want to do it with...my family of 5 children and 19+ grandchildren. My biggest surprise in life is that postponing my education in order to have and raise five children first turned out to be the wisest decision I could have made. I did so begrudgingly at first, but it was the absolute right thing to do. The only way I would "do-over" any part of my life is if I could do it with the knowledge I now possess. If that were possible I would re-do my high school years; putting more of myself into those years instead of being so darn shy. I would be as gutsy as I am today! The strangest job I have ever had was one I got shortly after I moved to California from St. Charles in June 1967. I went to work for the Mattel Toy Co. styling doll hair....Hey, it paid for books and tuition! Continuing the theme and pattern of a lifetime up to that point, I moved A LOT after high school. I moved to Los Angeles one week after graduation so I could attend Ambassador Uni...Expand for more