Kinda tall, redhead skinny white boy.
Schooling
1. What were teachers like? Who was a favorite teacher? Why? Was there any teacher who made a sufficient impression on you? Who? Why?
There are two types of teachers. (1) The ones that cared and tried their best to help and (2) those who abused their authority and made students feel stupid. My stand out favorite teacher would be, without a doubt, Donald Eaton b/c he was one of only two people at my high school who ever believed in me.
2. Was school work difficult? How were classes then different from classes today? What kind of grades did your parents expect you to get?
Work was easy. Since I graduated in 1999, I'd have to say that there probably aren't any big differences... My parents expected 100s on everything and (needless to say) that didn't happen.
3. How long was a school day? What was the food like? Cost? How many classes did you have? What was a typical routine in class?
My school day started at 7:30am and ended at 2:30pm. The food sucked and the prices were even worse. I brought my lunch to school a few times to avoid that. My senior year, I had six classes, but for the other three years I had eight each. Each class had it's own routine, so there wasn't much of a formula to it all.
4. What was the dress code for students?
A bit too strict for someone, just fine for others. I wouldn't have changed much, except for the facial hair stuff. Students weren't allowed to have facial hair b/c I live in a REALLY small REALLY conservative town. Anyway, some dress codes made sense (shorts must be below a certain level) but other were just stupid (length of hair, piercings, etc).
5. Was there violence in your school? Were there many discipline problems?
The were fights and things every so often, but there weren't any gun incidents until my sr year when that Columbine incident happened. That made other people want to bring guns to school, but usually they were too stupid to get thru the front door of the school before getting caught. There were a lot of bomb threats tho, none of them being real. As for discipline problems, I'd say that I was a bit of one myself, but mainly for small stuff. On the whole, I'd say my school had a serious problem with students misbehaving (of course, the 10,000 rules in the student handbook might have something to do with that).
6. What was the most embarrassing event for you?
If I told you that, it would become the second most embarassing moment, the first moment being have it printed on a website.
7. Did you ever cheat on a test? Get caught? What was the worst thing you ever did in school?
I cheated on a final one time, but that's about it. Never was big on cheating. My big problem was smoking cigarettes on campus. I did that often, especially my sr year b/c I just didn't care about anything that year. But I was never stupid enough to get caught like other people were.
8. Did you have the opportunity to go to college?
Yes.
Social Life
1. What were some after school activities? Organized sports? Clubs?
Tennis, football, cheerleading, drill team, ROTC, Cougars For Christ, FFA, French Club, Writer's Club, some other stuff.
2. Was there any peer pressure?
I never bought into that, so my answer is no.
3. Did you have a high school sweetheart? Did you marry your high school sweetheart?
Yes I did (and do) have one, but we haven't married... yet.
4. What were some of the social activities you did with your friends?
We went to play pool at a pool hall, went to each other's houses and fixed our computers, embarassed each other at our work place, hung during lunch together, the usual stuff.
5. What were your parents expectations?
For me to be Doogie Howser.
6. What career did you want to enter as a teenager? Did you choose that career?
I wanted to be a writer. And to a large extent, I'd say I chose that career.
7. What were your hobbies?
Computers, tennis, writing and watching Christina Ricci movies.
Historical Event
1. What was a major historical event you remember? Where were you? What was the problem: did it change your lifestyle?
What has this got to do with anything?
Entertainment
1. What kind of entertainment did you enjoy? Favorite song? Favorite singer? Favorite dance?
I love music, always have. My favorite band is Pearl Jam and my favorite song would either be "rearviewmirror" or "Do The Evolution". I'm leaning towards the first one tho.
2. What was your favorite television show? Did you have color tv?
My fave TV show would have to be the Simpsons. As for color TV... uh, yeah.
3. Did your parents have a car? Own a house?
Two cars, one house, two dogs and a partridge in the pear tree.
4. What was the cost of a movie? Favorite movie? Favorite star? How often did you go to the movies?
I guess movies were about $6 (with the student discount). My favorite movie is probably the Shawshank Redemption, but American Beauty is brilliant too. My favorite movie star is definitley Christina Ricci. I don't go see movies very often b/c most of them suck.
Other Information
Whatever...