| The Kid Years Part 2 1981-84 |
| Well, after I finished third grade, and being the last class to attend Lindbergh Elementary before it closed down in 1982, I made those guidance counselor jack-o**s that put me in LBD look like jackasses after I showed them my new-found knowledge and they put me in a regular classrom at West Broad Elementary. Apparently I guess I was maybe a little too smart for my classmates in my initial classroom, so after 45 days I was transferred to a Gifted and Talented program where my teacher was Ms. [Alberta] Edwards. To some extent, it was almost a rerun of my second grade year where I was constantly bored, only this time the assignments were WAY over my head. I was made student council representative and student of the month, and it was at this point that I was being known as being wild and crazy. Anyway, I had to learn how to do homework, something I seldom if ever did in my previous grades, and understand the grading system (A,B,C,D,F), something I was never exposed to in previous grades. Well, by fifth grade, I had the hang of homework and grades, and with my teacher Ms. [Joan] Jenny who was VERY nice, I was actually balancing my school and social life rather well, watching a steady, but not heavy dose of TV each night. 1984 also marked the year in which I would take my first trips out of town; to Pittsburgh to visit my Aunt Rozina (and to see a game show that was pre-empted in Columbus, The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour), and to Camp Willson in Bellefontaine, Ohio for an overnight camping trip with my classmates. Well, I graduated from West Broad Elementary School in 1984 and went to Starling Middle School that fall. Those years, followed by my first few years in high school, would be the most defining years of my life socially and as a person. WANNA KNOW HOW? Back to Page 2 Back to the main page |