Jean Catlin (Jean Catlin)

Open High School

Class of 1986

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Jean Catlin - Class of 1986 - Open High School

First Name	Jean
Last Name	Catlin
Maiden Name	Catlin
Graduation Year	Class of 1986
Gender	Female
City	N/A
State/Province	Veracruz
Country	Mexico
Occupation	English Coordinator
Married	Divorced
Favorite School Memory	playing spades in the students' lounge as we listened to music and smoked
About Me	Have been living in various places in Mexico for 8 years but do plan to move back to Richmond when the school year finishes (June 2009). Since I left Open I've moved back to Richmond a couple of times. I've also lived in Key West, Jacksonville, other places in Florida, near Chicago, briefly in San Antonio and Miami, also a year in San Diego. Never longer than 3 years in any one spot at a time (but did 3 years twice in Key West- who wouldn't?) until I came to Veracruz- will finish 5 yrs here before I leave. I've done the addiction thing, shaved my head bald, lived on the beach (homeless style), smoked crack, was a religious fanatic, went to university twice but only lasted a semester each time, joined (and left) the US Navy, married and divorced twice, have 2 incredible kids, was a stay-at-home-mom, taught English to the 2-7 year old age group for 4 years (2 years as the first grade teacher to a special, all-English class). All of those are long stories, but there's the summary of the last 22 years. Now I'm the English coordinator at a local university. Love my job since since hangin out talking about sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll in English is a lot more effective than teaching some boring foreign language class (yeah, we can all remember some of those!). My classes are mostly discussions on anything, movies, and cool music- Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Rare Earth, Sly and the Family Stone.... I love the relaxed life on the water here too, and especially the lack of gringo tourists combined with the variety of gringos passing through for a year or two or camped here permanently, but it's almost time to get my shit together and be practical again- never lasts long wi...(read more)