Category Archives: School

When I was 7 years old I had my first good teacher, and when I was 9 I met Mr. Borup. There were a few remarkable instructors in junior and senior high, too, but in elementary school the teacher has … Continue reading →

     When I was 24 I dropped out of school. For a precocious kid, it sure took me long enough. I always did well at school but I never liked it. I remember being eager for it before I went … Continue reading →

     When I was 10 years old, I helped pioneer Detention. Before then teachers were allowed to hit kids. But we were the first wave of the new age, the post-war baby boom, and we changed things. We swamped the … Continue reading →

When I was 5 years old I cut class. It was the second day of kindergarten, in a school which housed two classes, in a building called the Seaman House, which appears in my memory as a white non-leaning tower-of-Pisa. … Continue reading →