Mavis Farrand:  

What is that idea about becoming the person I hoped I would be? Well, I 'm still working at it ... and, as time goes by, I believe I'm making some strides -- albeit a bit slower than before. When I started at Mackenzie I had just moved to this country and had no concept of large cities, nor could I seem to fathom a school that had more students than the town where I had lived. My sisters and I -- and our parents -- were the typical "just off the boat" immigrants; with the advantage, however, of the English language. We were from Scotland by way of several Canadian provinces and cities, and trips back to the Old Country before we settled in the United States. If I had known the American culture, I would have had a much better -- and vastly less confusing -- high school experience. But, we learn. After high school, I married a 1960 Mackenzie grad, Bill McKinney. We were married for almost 20 years, until divorcing. We had three lovely daughters, who now are a veterinarian, a nurse and a science teacher, and are raising children of their own. (Yes, I am proud of them.) I graduated from Wayne State University al...Expand for more