1986 Year Review Age 14

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1986

August

• Started High School (9th grade)

August 1985 – May 1990

• I was pretty depressed all the time from 1986 until I graduated in 1990. 
• I missed an average of 30 plus days of school per year and barely passed my courses. 
• I got mostly D’s and F’s and had to repeat many classes as well as drop college prep classes for more basic classes. 
• I did do well in instrumental music and that’s probably how I had a high enough GPA to graduate. 
• I stayed away from other students as much as possible and kept to myself. 
• Once I got to high school I stopped eating lunch at school and would go to the Band Room which was my sanctuary.  
• My band director was also my homeroom teacher all through high and was the only teacher who didn’t throw me away in a sense and he pushed me to always do better.
• He would work with me whenever I needed help and even helped me with other subjects as well. 
• He was the only reason I stayed in high school and didn’t drop out. 
• There were a lot of kids that made fun of me and teased me in high school and he always seemed to come to the rescue.

August 1986 – May 1990

• I was teased a lot by students at the high school just as in middle school and I was called “doughboy”, “Beef”, “Rosebud”, “Zit Face”, and “Fat boy”. 
• This is a lot of the reason I stayed to myself and avoided everyone.