1. The first time my mother left me alone with my grandparents when I was 3, she returned to find my grandfather had whipped me with a belt.
2. I skipped a lot of high school and no teacher nor the school ever held me accountable. I could get up and walk out in the middle of class while the teacher was talking and no one ever said a thing. I still graduated, though.
3. My parents made me start taking college entrance exams when I was 12.
4. I was a hypochondriac when I was a kid, and every year from age 8 to about 15 I convinced myself at some point that I wouldn't live another year.
5. I took an AutoCad class in high school that went too slowly for me, and despite the fact the teacher told me I couldn't, I went ahead and finished the entire year's work in January. It's the only AutoCad education I've had, but it's what I do for a job.
6. I met my wife when I was 8 years old, because her mom was my babysitter. We started dating at 16 and have been together for nearly 20 years.
7. I consistently scored in the 99th percentile in Math on my standardized tests in school.
8. The tendon in my right ring finger is held together with a string.
9. When I was 14, I covered my hand in rubber cement and lit it on fire, suffering first and second degree burns.
10. When you combine both prescribed and non-prescribed drugs, I've probably put 60+ different chemicals in my body.
2. I skipped a lot of high school and no teacher nor the school ever held me accountable. I could get up and walk out in the middle of class while the teacher was talking and no one ever said a thing. I still graduated, though.
3. My parents made me start taking college entrance exams when I was 12.
4. I was a hypochondriac when I was a kid, and every year from age 8 to about 15 I convinced myself at some point that I wouldn't live another year.
5. I took an AutoCad class in high school that went too slowly for me, and despite the fact the teacher told me I couldn't, I went ahead and finished the entire year's work in January. It's the only AutoCad education I've had, but it's what I do for a job.
6. I met my wife when I was 8 years old, because her mom was my babysitter. We started dating at 16 and have been together for nearly 20 years.
7. I consistently scored in the 99th percentile in Math on my standardized tests in school.
8. The tendon in my right ring finger is held together with a string.
9. When I was 14, I covered my hand in rubber cement and lit it on fire, suffering first and second degree burns.
10. When you combine both prescribed and non-prescribed drugs, I've probably put 60+ different chemicals in my body.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
