Carlyn Nankervis:  

Life I've had a good life! For this I can thank my parents who gave me a good start, a good education and good values. I enjoyed growing up in Roselle, NJ, a great state from which to come. I enjoyed my days at Washington School and ACHS. I had the opportunity to study at Albright College. I think I was too serious of a student and should have had more fun, but I didn't know the difference at that time and was deternined to graduate in 4 years. So I can't regret that. After college I taught Home Economics at J.E. Soehl Jr. High School in Linden, NJ for two years and enjoyed those years very much. Two years later, I joined the US Peace Corps and worked in the schools in Itaborai, RJ, Brazil teaching to 4 H Clubs (Clubes Agricolas). I also began teaching ESL at this time. During this time in Brazil I became the silly teenager that I had never been in my youth. I'm glad that I had the opportunity to finally become a teenager, but I was also responsible enough to perform my duties as a Peace Corps Volunteer. After two years in the Peace Corps I returned to Roselle and worked as a Home Ec teacher for the Job Corps in Jersey City, NJ. The year was 1969. After teaching for the Job Corps for eight months I was married and resigned my position. In those days it was common for women to stop working when they became married and become a homemaker and mother. I immediately became the mother of a darling 2 year old girl and later had two children of my own. After 3 years living...Expand for more