I attended a specialty school.
During the day we had normal classes but the classes
were organized around performance tests
and the students were placed by their abilities.
In my class the teachers invited Highschool students over
to teach us French and other languages. And in the evenings
at the homes of the Highschool kids I was tutored in foreign languages
by the students. At the YMCA I got my coordination back by taking
Taekwondo. And I studied multiple musical instruments until in Junior High
we had a Garage Band at a storage facility in town. I worked for
my father’s second company for fifteen years on the road and while
traveling I worked for a friend in my studies of Linguistics and Cultural
Development as volunteer work being hosted by families,
as the West Point Choir Cadets had once staid at my home as a child. I had
been through a lot in my life and the adults around me added so much to
my life in their kindness.
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