Posted by Craig When I got to college I had a bit of an epiphany (plus I was scared to death by Viet Nam). I wound up with a double major in Biology and in Geology and double minors in Math and in Physics (used to get A's in Calculus!!) Got my masters in Widllife Biology and its all been history since. But so much of the destructive behavior I demonstrated in 11th and 12th grades came from my conscious rebellion against being yanked out of what I consider to be the only real home I ever had as a kid - Cameron.
on 8/13/2006, 6:13 pm, in reply to "Re: Crazy Keith and Craig"
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Why we moved was a horribly traumatic period in my life. I wont go into the reasons in an open public forum like this one, but suffice it to say, my over reactionary mother over reacted to a couple incidents and was determined that I would go to hell in a handbasket if we stayed in Cameron another minute. I remember begging my dad, with tears in my eyes, to not move us to that farm east of Rice Lake, but on July 31, 1967, thats exactly what we did. I was crushed and for the most part remain so, 39 years after the fact. I rebelled like crazy those last two years in Rice Lake. I remember starting the 11th grade ranked 79th out of 209 in the RL class (based on grades from Cameron I guess) and set a goal of being last when I graduated. I came damned close - ending my senior year at 140. The only reason I got into college was because in those days if you graduated from an accredited HS in Wisconsin you were guaranteed admission to a univ in the state system. I took Geometry in grade 11 and flunked it. I remember taking a 200 point test and getting FOUR points on it. I took a year of physics and got 4 D- grades only because the teacher (Mr Stokes) didn't want me back the next year. I took Chemistry in 12th grade and quit after the semester so i could have 3 lunch hours and go drink beer for 90 minutes (illegally) at the old Wander Inn on the south side of Rice Lake (where that disgusting new mall is now).
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