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Re: [Spridgets] Poor Eduction, was Obama Genius, Etc

To: "drmayf@mayfco.com" <drmayf@mayfco.com>, "tigers@autox.team.net"
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Poor Eduction, was Obama Genius, Etc
From: kgb@frontiernet.net
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 15:28:14 +0000 (UTC)
My poor mother could never understand why I got As in the classes I liked, and 
never went to the others. Nor could she figure out why I would rather spend my 
time getting my MGTD to go faster, rather than do "normal" things, such as 
shopping for prom dresses with her. Since I had no intention of going to thee 
prom, I saw no point in shopping for dresses.

I took the MG and moved back to the ranch shortly after that and got a job 
singing in a country band. I was on the way to work when I had my delightful 
wreck on the Old Lewiston Grade and totaled the MG. Mother was relieved that I 
was not more seriously injured, and extremely happy that I no longer had the 
sports car. When I replaced it with a Big Healey out of a portion of my 
settlement, she gave up and insisted that I go to NY to my father's family to 
gain some culture. My idea of culture involved training the family's race 
horses.

In order to quiet my mother's rantings, I went into the Navy, which waived 
their HS diploma requirement when I passed all their tests with extraordinarily 
high scores. In A school, I was taught math by a CWO4 who actually knew how to 
teach. I can now do advanced trigonometry, but can barely balance my checkbook. 
The navy sent me to college, still without a HS diploma, and I graduated with 
honors with degrees in Criminology and Soviet Studies.

My IQ has been measured at 165, but I am a total misfit at daily living. 

Kate
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