Natasha Polak:  

Life Formerly Natasha Kohlhoff, I grew up in Manchester, NH and came to Indiana after 5th grade. I graduated high school in 1998, got married in 2003, and became a mom in 2004. I'm a freelance writer, but I have held many other jobs in between and keep having bad luck with ending up in jobs where the business eventually folds or downsizes! School I was weird; I LIKED school! That is, until I came to Indiana--at least for middle school. But I totally loved going to elementary school in Manchester, and the teachers were great. I liked my kindergarten teacher who passed away from breast cancer some years back, Mrs. Cote, and Mrs. Blixt from Webster, and Miss Yuskus, Mrs. Nichols, Mrs. Barbeau, and Miss Heath from McDonough. In Indianapolis, middle school was an eye-opening experience, being around tons more kids in school than I was ever used to. I took a liking to reading class with Mrs. Poteet, and Mr. Ellis always cracked me up in science. I'd rather leave out names of the teachers I didn't like... High school wasn't so bad once I...Expand for more