Maria Beason Pryor Herndon:  

That's me holding up my first Christian senior romance novella. It was re-published by Archway (since Tate Publishing went out of business), but I have not done much marketing. If you would like a copy, go to Archway Publishing, Amazon.com or Barnes &Noble. com. Type in my name: (Maria Pryor Herndon), and the book: "A Man to Love" will come up. I appreciate your support! I can safely say that attending Hyde Park High was the high-point of my educational life. I will always remember these teachers: Mrs. Stacker (English), Ms.Fitz (Biology), Mr. Oliver (Chemistry), Ms. Newman (French). Mr. Binns, and Ms. Mason (Mathematics), Mr. Rankin (nice guy, sorry they mobbed you!); and these students: Sharon Johnson, Ben Cooper, Boria Sax, Zbigniew Nitecki, Ira Dietz, Terry Brown (deceased), Paul Williams, etc. It took me a long time to realize that I was okay intellectually because I had always compared myself to them!! (I did find Boria. He is quite successful.) I learned my teaching skills at "the Dome"( Illinois Teachers College)/Chicago State University) with the help of Dr. Purcell (Calculus 1), Mr. Roelle (Theory of Numbers), Dr. Fooden (Zoology) and Dr. James Friend (English Lit.). My favorite classmate being William Nance (so handsome, so kind, and with a beautiful voice), and my mentor Thomas C. Bearden (dancin...Expand for more