Karen Martin:
CLASS OF 1976
West High SchoolClass of 1976
Bakersfield, CA
Arvin High SchoolClass of 1976
Arvin, CA
Bakersfield High SchoolClass of 1976
Bakersfield, CA
Greenfield Junior High SchoolClass of 1972
Bakersfield, CA
McKee Primary SchoolClass of 1971
Bakersfield, CA
Karen's Story
Hi!! Everyone who went to High School at West from 1972-1976 & everyone else interested. This is Karen Martin (Scott.) After high school I went to college for about 1 semester & decided that it wasn't for me. So then I got a job at an answerings service & did some pretty wild partying. In high school I attended Arvin, cause if you didn't have an older brother or sister already in West you had to go to BHS, so after living in the old Greenfield my Dad & Mom wanted me to go to the High School they went to, & since I already knew some in Arvin were may Grandma & Grandpa lived it wasn't so far fetched. After attending 9th at Arvin I was missing my old friends from the neighborhood, & it was pretty much a boring year. (See West was a fairly new school, & our neighborhood or friends got sent all over the place. But anyway, by my 10th grade year we had figured a way where I could attend West!!! It was pretty wild, made some new friends & had some old ones here. I mostly ran around with what they called the stoners & cut class often, moreless just to feel like I fit in. (That year was another story, but by my 11th year most of my friends had dropped out of school, so my 11th & 12th year...Expand for more
I found another group of friends that accepted me for who I was. I was what they considered FAT...now days it would have been normal.) To make a long story short I ended up graduating, & got married in 1978. We have been married for 29yrs, 30 in August, have two boys who are successful, & 5 grandchildren, working on 1 more. I've not got to work at a job where I got paid very much, since my mother broke her neck in a swimming accident & was a quad. (she passed away at 64, almost 5 yrs ago.) I now live in Oklahoma for over 20 years, my brother & his wife moved here and so did my Mom & Dad, about 10 to 12 yrs after me. It was the best thing we ever did to bring up our children. They are both successfull, own land & have great jobs, & nice homes. I have 1 grandson age 10, & 4 grandaughters from almost 1 yr to 6 yrs old. I love living in Oklahoma it is so green in the spring & summer, we have 4 seasons. I live just 10 miles from the Arkansas border. Now days I'm much taking care of my father we both live on 20 acres in the country & it's great!!! If you remember me & would like to email or chat sometimes you may contact me anytime & I'll try to answer back...Sincerely Karen Scott.
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