Sharon Ainsley:
CLASS OF 1989
Madison Central High SchoolClass of 1989
Old bridge, NJ
Rollins CollegeClass of 2004
Winter park, FL
Valencia Community College - East CampusClass of 2001
Orlando, FL
Salk Middle SchoolClass of 1987
Old bridge, NJ
Memorial Elementary SchoolClass of 1983
Laurence harbor, NJ
Sharon's Story
Life
Didn't actually graduate with my HS class since life took some wild turns - just looking for some old acquaintances. After I left OB, I got married once - had two daughters, got divorced - remarried - had a son ...finally went back to college...got AA with honors at VCC, Bachelors in Computer Science with honors from Rollins, and MS in Project Management at FIT - pursuing more graduate courses and am now working in Information Technology at a Private University in Florida and doing some adjunct teaching. I look forward to hearing from some of the long lost friends I left behind so many years ago...
School
School life was really tough back in the day - for as many friends as I had I had that many enemies as well. Luckily we all grow up and move on. :) Looking back I feel a sense of loss at not having been a better, stronger person earlier in life - but things were a real mess back then. It took me nearly 10 years to set my life straight - but I decided long ago never to be just another statistic... So to anyone I may have been cruel to - I am deeply sorry and hope no ill will remains. For those who were cruel to me - I forgive you and know that kids are just kids. And for those who believed I crashed and burned, trashed my future, or ruined my life - sorry to disappoint. This little girl is too tough to ever give up again...
College
Despite not graduating in the Madison Central class - I eventually got things together, got my GED and started back to school. I scraped up m...Expand for more
oney for unior college - but got into the honors program my first year, so the rest was on scholarship - I got an AA with honors and a full ride transfer scholarship to Rollins College in Winter Park fl - I got my Bachelor's in Computer Science there and graduated with a 3.97, a load of scholarships, and an offer for a full ride at UCF to get my PhD in Computer Engineering. I chose instead to accept a job offer - so we sold the house and moved - and I went the MS in Project Management route instead. I am still taking classes in the post graduate capacity and holding a firm 4.0 - and do not plan to ever be 'finished'. Life is too short to be ignorant.
Workplace
After I left OB - I did every menial, crap job you can imagine...and I will tell you - nothing is more motivating than suffering through a few years of garbage work to get you back in school. :)
I waited tables, worked fast food counters at every greasy food place you can imagine, tended bar, worked in strip clubs, did stock work at the grocery store, sold cars, was a secretary, did some modeling on the side, worked telemarketing, and even did singing telegrams parttime for a while. Later on - after my son came along, I managed a movie theater while I got my undergraduate degree...I worked IT at Rollins for a time,the went to work at ATI Research as a coder/tester. I took a job with Sungard Higher Learning a few years back - and am now the University Webmaster and an adjunct professor at The Florida Institute of Technology.
Register for Free to view all details!
Yearbooks
Register for Free to view all yearbooks!
Reunions
Photos
