Melanie Buckowski:
CLASS OF 1978
Saddleback High SchoolClass of 1978
Santa ana, CA
University of California - EconomicsClass of 1982
Los angeles, CA
California State UniversityClass of 1982
Fullerton, CA
Melanie's Story
Life
I went to university and got my degree, traveled, enjoyed life and entered the business world in 1983. Was decently successful, but found it dissatisfying. At 28 I married a wonderful man and two years later we had a adorable son-Joshua.We had another wee guy (10 lbs. 10 oz.) 3 years later-Jacob.
Both my kids were very unusual. Their abilities were all over the place. Some things they did unusually early (Josh crawled at 2 months, walked at 6 months) and other things (talking and social interaction) they couldnÂt grasp. In 1994 both boys were diagnosed with autism.
ItÂs been the hardest and most beautiful growth experience. They started in Special Education and now, with the help of ...Expand for more
specialists, outstanding teachers, administrators, family, friends, and bull headed parents :-) both boys are fully included in regular classrooms. My oldest is in the gifted and talented program at his high school and displays prodigious gifts in chess, math and science.
My youngest is striving. We love, tutor, mold, and embrace him.
Life is so full of the unexpected. So rich. So surprising.
Addendum: I am currently enrolled in the MFA Creative Writing Poetry program at CSULB. I'm a published poet and plan to go on and become a professor of creative writing and medieval/renaissance literature. I'll be 95 by the time I finish school and 96 by the time I start teaching but what the hell :-)
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