Becky (Brooks) Franklin

1. What did you do immediately after high school?

I immediately started summer classes at Missouri Southern State University and got my headstart with the math for the dumb-dumbs that didn't even count toward your degree. I wanted to be a High School English Teacher but realized how much I hated reading literature and how much I liked my Speech classes and graduated with a major in Speech Communications in 2003

2. What kind of work do you do? Marketing

3. Where do you work?

CHOICE MARKETING in Joplin, Missouri - We handle advertising for about 60 different clients in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas

4. Where have you lived since high-school graduation? Always Joplin

5. Name of significant other? Andy Franklin

6. How did you meet your significant other?

We actually met at a High School Dance at the Rec Center in 1995 (Thanks to Kendra Keeling for making me go to the dance and thanks to Sally Crocker for introducing me) but we got to know each other from sitting by each other in Wildcat Band.... Awww....band nerds

7. Do you have any children?

We FINALLY decided to take the plunge after 7 years of selfish marriage and we now have a Baby Boy that just turned 3 months old. He is the most chubby adorable baby ever. His name is Tucker Levi and we have had so much fun watching him grow and discover new things every week since he was born December 22, 2008.

8. What is your favorite high-school memory?

My favorite high school memory is probably being thrown up in the air 20 feet in cheerleading at basket ball games. I would probably only make it up about 8 feet now and end up in the ER!

9. What did you hate most about high school?

Overall I hated all the different "crowds" - I never understood why you couldn't just be friends with everyone? More specifically I hated the food and Physics

10. If you could do high school all over again, what would you do differently?

I really feel like I did everything I wanted to do and didn't do the things I didn't want any part of. No matter what anyone thinks - I really was a GOOD girl

11. If you could, what would you change about yourself since high-school graduation?

I would have managed my money a lot better. I could have had a heck of a 401K by now!

12. What is one thing you wish you’d known ten years ago?

The actual cost of college, cars, mortgages

13. What is one goal you’d like to accomplish in the next ten years? Be a great mother
Are you coming to the NHS reunion? If so, what are you most looking forward to?

YES, Party on! Catching up on everyone's careers and children