The public schools I attended were dominated by athletics and rarely inspiring intellectually, but I enjoyed a small circle of interesting friends despite my ineptitude at team sports and my preference for reading.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did.
In high school, I didn't always relate to my friends. I was more of a spectator.
I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports were basically basketball and swimming at a pool. I was so happy.
Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.
I was a good student, sort of funny and athletic. I had friends.
School work and intellectual interests such as music and the arts were not especially important to me while I was growing up, although mathematics, my favorite subject, was fun. Baseball was my first passion: I played sand lot and Little League and rooted for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.
In any small town, sports are really important to the high school, and I wasn't very good at sports.
I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.
I enjoyed being involved in team sports and making close friendships.