My Trails into the Past

I’m taking a step from writing about my ancestors and instead will write about my own history . I thought that I was the first in my family to attend college but after doing genealogy research, I discovered that my grandmother had attended Normal College in Montana, and later again at San Francisco State to get a California Teacher’s Certificate. I also had a few older cousins who attended college before me. Anyway, I was the first of my immediate family to attend and the only one of my siblings to graduate. High School Because my parents never really encourage us to go to college, I was at a disadvantage in high school. I only thought about college in the fall of senior year when I heard an announcement about a meeting for those who plan to attend college. I went to the meeting and learned I needed to take the SAT test. There wasn’t time to take it and still apply for fall 1973 during the month of November. So, I took the test and applied as a biological sciences major to Califor...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:  It's Saturday Night again - time for some more Genealogy Fun !! Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!): 1)  Most of us graduated from elementary school, junior high school, high school, and perhaps college. 2)  What schools did you graduate from (and when, if you dare!) - and do you have a photograph? 3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook post. I attended Pittsburg (California) Primary School for Kindergarten. I don’t remember whether there was some kind of graduation or promotion ceremony. Next I attended St. Peter Martyr School in Pittsburg until the middle of third grade. We moved to Walnut Creek and I attended Parkmead Elementary School until sixth grade. I don’t think there was any ceremony. I did graduate from Parkmead Intermediate School , from the 8th grade, June 12, 1968. [1] I th...