Word: school
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...idea of a "final" issue tempted us to break new habits and rediscover what we've cast off over the years. There was something inspiring about the crummy, faded pages of the "old school" FMs we unearthed. We were smitten with the concept of rediscovering the Fifteen Minutes that attracted rower-jock J.P. and pre-pubescent Aaron long, long ago. We're almost okay calling this issue a "humor magazine," formerly an offensive epithet. And so, as ex-Editor T.J. so pointedly predicted, we find ourselves "in the box" once again...
...wont to say, we had CB jackets with Freaky Freazies inside. No need for smart wool jackets or canvas my-first-briefcases. We'd wrap a sheet of strawberry Fruit Roll Up around our index finger, then lick. Eeew. Anna stuck a tic tac up her nose. (The school nurse used tweezers to dislodge the one-calorie mint...
...high school I didn't really know how to relax. I was number one in my class academically. Every minute of my day I was doing something: a practice, a meeting, studying for a test. Being so busy I didn't really have time to know and care for other people. I was very into myself. That's one thing I think I regret....I've learned to think about others instead of myself. In the long run you can get good grades and be successful financially, but the key factor in being successful in life is whether...
...originally from Chicago, but I spent my high school years at West Catholic High School in rural Michigan. In seventh grade my family moved to a farm. We lived on a family farm that was farmed by other people. We were almost landlords for sharecroppers. I've ridden my fair share of tractors. I appreciate the scenic beauty of farms, but not the actual farming...
...just mainstream conservative, whatever that means. Other than that, I have become more convinced of the idea that hard work is necessary in order to achieve anything. I have realized that being robotic is not an ideal. When I came here and through most of high school, I wanted to be like Commander Data on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' and in the last three years I have moved away from that...