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by gaurav_v 747 days ago
Which school was this, and when did you attend?
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The public school system near Columbus Air Force Base and I attended for 3rd and 4th grades (taking 7th and 8th grade English and science courses) in the '74 and '75 school years.
What did you do when you moved and your new school was expecting you to do 5th grade work?
For reading, worked through a box of SRA booklets in a couple of weeks time and then went to the library for the rest of the year --- mostly I was bored and coasted until my classes caught up, and even then, I was able to get decent grades w/ minimal effort.

Of course this all came to a head when I was a junior and the school system couldn't find a teacher for Calculus for myself and the couple of other students who wanted it which pretty much killed my college prospects, so aced the ASVAB, DLPT, and EDPT and enlisted.