Sandra Roarty:  

Life I have updated my bio, as there have been changes in my life since I last wrote here. My companion, with whom I lived for 10 years, died 5 years ago. It was a terrible time for me but I got through it and now have my own apartment and a little Maltese dog who is my constant companion. My son is 34 now and I have 2 grandkids....Lilith, who is 6 and Orrin, who is 3. They all live in Boston. My daughter is 31 and is going for her BS in nursing. She lives in S. Philly. I am enjoying my retirement. I currently see several men and I like it that way. Life is good! School Not having been the most POPULAR person in school (as most of you probably remember) I dont have all that many great memories. However my fondest memories would have to be the times I spent on the stage in the school musicals and in the Concert Choir. Like the night of the Ray Conniff concert. We actually sounded GOOD, even though we hated the songs, he,he. I attended the retirement show for the late Ted Kloos some years back and still have the video and program from the show. It was an incredible night. I remember the first day of senior Gym. The teacher (cant recall her name) said there were too many girls in the class, so some of us could sign up for weightlifting. Well, I JUMPED at that..a chance to NOT have to run around in the cold OR the heat. Best move I made. I cant remember the woman's name that ran the weightlifing class..only that she was a PITA. One day she didnt see me, marked me absent and gave me detention. I was SO pissed! I went to Mr. Baba...who was our dean at the time...and told him I didnt cut the class. He believed me..he knew I wasnt the type to cut a class...but he HAD to take her word over mine. So I stayed after for the detention. But when I got there, there was NO ONE there. Now I was REALLY mad because no one would believe I was there. So, back I go to Mr. Baba the next day and tell him I went to the damn detention but no one was there. He just kinda rolled his eyes, as if to say "That figures", and told me it was ok...as long as I missed the bus I would be counted as having attended the detention and if there were any questions he would vouch for me. He was a nice guy :) I remember the FIRST Earth Day, too..I was a sophomore. We got volunteered into cleaning trash off the school ground and around the road near the school...what fun. Then we got bussed to the Arby's in Feasterville where we picked up trash from the hill next to the restaurant..again, lots of fun...NOT. I wish I could remember the name of my Social Studies teacher. I do remember that the kids used to say she posed for Playboy and she always wore miniskirts. She was a real trip! I remember Mr. Haas's science class, too. They stuck me in there when I couldnt handle the top science class. So they moved me from the smartest class to the dumbest. As a result, Mr. Haas decided to use me as his personal helper...he couldnt trust any of the other kids in the class. ...Expand for more