Sharon Harris:  

Life Here goes nothing and yet everything! Since graduating high school, I have dated several of SGHS men that I knew in high school. I married my first husband in Oct. 1987 and we divorced in June 1996. I found out after we married that I went to school with his son's uncle (Elgin Rich) and others in their family (Margaret, and Coleen, Elgin Rich). During this time, I became a certified teacher in the state of Texas in 1995 for Elementary Education and Reading (grades 1-8) and taught in Dallas ISD, Garland, ISD, and Alpha Charter School District in Garland. I also taught at Alpha when it was a private christian school and enjoyed it very much. On the weekends, I also went to church there while I taught in Texas. I remarried in July 1997 to a man with one son and ended up divorcing him August 2003. Currently, he has a record for spousal abuse and animal cruelty. There is nothing to advocating for yourself and others after fighting to stay alive. Also, I received my teacher certification in special education and helped a school to develop and maintain the special education department for 3.5 years before divorcing and remarrying. I am happy for the first time in my married life to a man, David, that I wish I had met many years ago. We currently have three male sugar gliders and a shih tzu named LuLuTu. She is black and white. We currently live in Mesa, Arizona; although, I am one of thousands of teachers that have been riffed since May 2009 and because of this we have stopped fostering children as of 2009. My Husband, David was laid of work in mesa, Arizona due to his disability putting him in a motorized wheelchair. We will be leaving Arizona to go back to Texas within the next thirty days if we are unable to find work. I guess what I am trying to say is that without having experienced the things that I have had to experience I would not be who I am now and be able fight abuse of women, men, and children daily or helping those that are challenged and need special services. I hope to be able to contact many classmates and befriend them if they allow me to do so. I believe that I have burned a great number of bridges in my youth and would like to make things right. School Which teacher inspired me the most? Ms. Bohannon, English, and Ms. Smith, Spanish. If I could do it all over again, I would have tried to make friends instead of push them away with some of the stupid things that I did. College I am still a bookworm and kept a 3.0 GPA; however, I did have a bad experience at the University of North Texas. All I can say is ... if you have a learning disability and want to teach ... do not let the education department know... I have one specific instrutor who is in the upper levels of the department now... I completed and passed student teaching 2 times and was told that I needed to find another field because I had a learning disability and did not have what it took to be a teacher. I always wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a good but far reaching idea. As it turns out, they were right; however, I still did it and love teaching. The wildest thing I ever did in school was to chase, then caught and slapped one of boys multiple time across the face, that eventually graduated in 1982, after he called one of my younger sisters a very inappropriate name. Where did I catch him? In the radio and t.v. repair room and the teacher was in there trying to break it up ... on crutches. I was sent to the the principal's office, parents called, and sent home for three days. Did I learn anything? Yes, I did! I would have done it again and warned him I would if he "ever" did that again. A few years ago, I died my hair red as a warning to the Irish temper that that I have that always simmered below the surface while in school. I enjoy sewing clothes for weddings, quincineras, and have learned basic square dancing. I hope to learn more and travel around the world dancing. Helen Keller is my hero because of all of the obstacles that she was able to overcome while making a real difference during her lifetime. I have several people in my past that I would love to see again and apologize to many of them and renew friendships with others. If I could improve my home, I would get a three story five thousand square foot home and live on the third floor and as my dream home it would be built into the side of a mountain which would act as a therapeutic environment for the emotionally disturbed children in the school if they were to be boarded. I do not have children of my own; however, I have...Expand for more