Posted by JerryS on March 19, 2016 at 22:16:48 from (98.80.102.212):
In Reply to: High School??? posted by JD Seller on March 19, 2016 at 17:46:32:
Milking in our dairy twice a day, plus cutting hay and other jobs, kept me from being very active in sports. Tell the truth, I wasn't that keen on sports anyway. I turned down a starting position on the football team my senior year in order to continue working for my dad in the hay business. Never regretted that. There wasn't much time for studying either, though I didn't really have to (that bit me in the butt later on in college, where I needed to study but hadn't learned how.)
Even though I went to a small school (35 in my senior class) there was still a social hierarchy. Being a farm kid I wasn't really in the top group, but because of my looks, smarts and charm (tongue firmly planted in cheek) I managed to hang with the blue bloods to some degree anyway.
Now, a few years removed from high school I can attest that aside from your education and a few social enlightenments your high school years have very little bearing on the rest of your life. I had almost no contact with any of my old high school buds since 1959. I can say the same about my college acquaintances. One valuable lesson I learned in high school and college is that alcohol is not my friend. I wish I could convey those messages to the high school kids of today who think their entire life hinges on how well they are accepted by their school 'friends'. Here today, gone tomorrow.
In my career I have rubbed shoulders with governors, senators, congressmen, corporate CEOs and various other dignitaries and celebrities. I have attended the posh parties and meetings and found I could converse with almost anyone. But I never had a real desire for that to be my lifestyle; at the end of the day I wanted to always be a country boy, associating with people who take pride in what they are and what they can do. That I've done.
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