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Chapter and Verse3/25/2023 In my senior year I crushed over Eirene (f). She was introverted but like me had her small circle of devoted friends. I think we first met in the guidance office or the library (I did co-op in the guidance office in grade 11, and still helped in there in grade 12; and in the library in grade 12). Her closest friends were with her every time I saw her in the library.
One time she wasn't feeling well and sat, with her friends, at the back of the library to relax. I paid a lot of attention to her, and the librarian noticed and was pissed off. I ended up almost failing co-op (in library) getting a half credit. I had to stay in high school until nearly the end of June to make up the other half credit and graduate. I hated high school and, in life, I can say that the lessons I learned there did little to help me. Secondary schools are a cesspool of useless information that the average person will never use in life. Did you use algebra ever? Did you dissect any worms lately? Where did you find playing the clarinet did anything to help you get a job? I could have certainly used more creative writing, more history, more geography and political sciences. Perhaps more English but since I was one of the dumb "General" kids Shakespeare was "too advanced" for me. It didn't stop me years later from reading Shakespeare to someone and being able to convert it into layman words so they'd be able to understand it better. But hey, just one of those "General" students right, f*ck 'em. Yeah, I'm bitter, not only for my failings in education but for society overall. Back then we didn't do enough to teach our kids practical skills, and today it's even worse. Hey, you'd an "average" student so we're just not going to bother with you much, pass or fail, whatever you can always get a job cleaning sewers or maybe work in a factory (just not the one in our small town because economically it's F'd too). Not that there is anything wrong whatsoever with either of those jobs (and if you think I meant there was please give your head a shake). My father put a roof over our heads, fed and clothed us on a furniture makers salary (and don't even get me started about that right now). Oh, did I mention, in grade 9 I entered high school with an average 60.6%. In grade 12 I graduated with an average 75%. I was one of those "rare" kids that improved in high school instead of getting worse. I know Eirene knew I had feelings for her, but she told me she wasn’t allowed to date. Who knows. Since I didn’t see her hang out with an other guys this was probably true. I think she got married a few years after graduation. I think most of the kids I went to school with, my year in high school at least, ended up getting married and still live within 100 kilometres of the town. I know people have traveled internationally in their lives, but so many of them ‘come home’ to settle in Bruce/Grey Counties.
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