At this point I was strongly advised that I was too young socially to go to college so I took a second senior year at Andover, another boarding school.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I loved my boarding school, but I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't have a career.
College was a great time. I partied there, but I also learned how to act.
The huge advantage of boarding school is that it throws you into the social fire. Every social interaction I've had since then has been a million times easier. Literally, ever since then, it's all been child's play.
I went to a private school, and I struggled academically. It was really disheartening to always be considered bad at that.
I went to Dunbar High School, recognized as the best high school of the segregated era. The education enabled students from Dunbar to attend the best colleges and universities in the country.
I went to public school up until junior high.
I went to Midwood High School in Brooklyn and then to Brooklyn college for 1 1/2 years.
It was tough going to boarding school. It was very hard work.
I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.
I dropped out of high school three days into my senior year because I hated it because New York City public school is a mess. I certainly wasn't one for sitting in a classroom. Then I went off to college to North Carolina School of the Arts, then quit that after two years.