You Never Know Who You'll Meet in High School

Yes, this is how I looked in my high school days, although I was usually wearing a song girl uniform or a gynmastics leotard when I wasn't stirring up trouble on the school newspaper. I'm going to begin 2010 with a flashback to my classmates at Homestead High School in Cupertino, CA. It's courtesy of a former classmate, Dave Marshall, who is now director of secondary education for a large school district in Kentucky. He put together a power point to inspire both students and teachers, making the point that you never know where the people you meet in high school will end up. Among those at Homestead with me in the 1970s...Just in case you don't recognize them, they are:

Joe Kane, the first man to navigate the entire length of the Amazon river and write a book about it.
US Olympic soccer coach Steve Sampson, younger brother of my classmate Mike.

And Steve Jobs, who started a little company called Apple.

Dave's motivational presentation also includes author Amy Tan, who went to a neighboring high school. He might have included some other pretty amazing classmates such as Debra Jarvis, who went from head cheerleader to ordained minister and has published several books, including a personal account of her courageous battle with breast cancer, called "It's Not About the Hair."
Anyway, I'm honored to be included as well.