Theresa Mainer:  

as a Psych major. It was so great there. Unfortunately, coming from a sheltered home life and really strict parents, I went crazy. I was on my own with no one to answer to but myself. I lived and partied up till I was on the verge of academic probation. I call my stay at UCSB a vacation because educationally I learned nothing but how to survive a hangover. Needless to say, I have had enough alcohol to last the rest of my life. I did not return to UCSB after my junior year but stayed home to go back to work at the grocery store. Life was so much easier. School was not my thing anymore. After a 10 year hiatus, I went back to college (Chapman University) and got my BA degree in Social Sciences. I then pursued a teaching credential in Secondary Education. I became a high school Algebra teacher. Who would have thought, me, teaching math. I never got higher than a C in math, and I usually struggled to get even that. I tell my students that all the time. It blows them away.