[geeks] Education

[Phil Stracchino]

Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> I was reading sci-fi, technical rags, and lot's of stuff in my grade
> school years.
> 
> But in the classroom, I was sitting there reading things like "Jane lies
> on the grass.  The grass is green.  Jane looks up at the sky.  The sky
> is blue."
> 
> I had to sit in school waiting on kids who took 10 minutes to write
> their own name.
> 
> I was a terrible student in junior high and most of high school, mostly
> because I was bored to tears, and because the conformity brainwashing
> didn't sit well with me.
> 
> Going to college was like waking up from a nightmare though, and up
> until I started having to work a lot, I suddenly became a straight-A
> student.

OK, now we have to decide which of us is the _evil_ twin....



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