John Shepard

Thanks to everyone who has put in so much effort to make this reunion happen. Well done.

The last 20 years for me:

I went to college at Rice University in Houston, where I discovered I wasn't as smart as I thought I was. It was a great experience, and I graduated with a BA in International Relations (Poli Sci).

I played lots of soccer.

I went to Europe.

I quickly discovered that I needed a job, so I became a high school teacher...and loved it!

I taught at a very poor school in inner city Houston for six years. That was an eye-opening, culture-shocking, life altering experience that I value immensely. Then it was time to move on.

On my way from Houston to California I stopped in New Mexico to visit my parents and my brother for a while. My brother mentioned that a new high school was being built in Rio Rancho. So I never made it to California.

I have been a high school teacher and soccer coach here in Rio Rancho, NM, for the last ten years, and I absolutely love my job.

I've done some traveling.

I watch too much TV and do too little exercise, but I laugh just about every day.

I try to be a good, kind person most of the time; but once in a while...

I used to have really big pet snakes.

I eat out too much and cook too little, but I like to eat out and I don't like to cook.

I'm still irrationally obsessed with soccer, but it's been very good to me, so no regrets.

Never married. No kids.

I'm happy most of the time.

I have lost touch with just about everyone from Los Alamos, so at the reunion I hope to re-establish old contacts and hopefully make many new ones. I apologize to anyone and everyone I may have offended in high school; I assure you it was my youthful ignorance and insecurities. I am looking forward to hearing about your lives and swapping memories.

John