Ilene Sandman:  

Hi. I didn't do much in high school, except heal from low-self-worth and poor grades. I began at Evanston Township High School in ca. 1962. Due to circumstances, I moved in with my aunt and uncle and three cousins in Lincolnwood--an enriching and encouraging family and neighborhood for growing up. Transferring to Niles West, my grades improved from poor to okay if not good enough for the honor's roll. I think I graduated in the upper-half; big whip, but I held my head high and still wanted to be beautiful, fall in love, get married and have four beautiful children. I had their names chosen already: David, Rachel, Ariel, and of course, Lisa. Well, none of that kind of life happened for or against me. Soooo. . . . jumping to the 1980s, I enrolled in college and majored in English and in Speech/Performing Arts at NEIU and was soon given the status of an honor's scholar. I graduated cum laude because I had to work for a living while I was going to school. That's my excuse for not achieving magna cum laude. Suma cum laude? They don't have lives. . .sorry if I have offend anyone ;) I continued toward my MA in English. It took me forever to complete the MA requirements, but in 1996 I began teaching and tutoring in English and almost all of the Liberal Arts requiring...Expand for more