actually, i got As Bs and Ds or Fs. i missed a lot of school for...recreational purposes or i was "up the river".
the Fs were generally "incompletes" and the Ds were in "conduct". i set records for missed days, classes and detentions. i showed up for detention once cuz i was bored. they read over my name like i really didn't exist. i had to stop Butch and tell him i was there. he was so surprised to see me, he had me come down and introduce my self. then he told me to take off. never bothered with detention again.
the year before, i had so many detentions, i had to come to school early to try to get them all in. that principal, used to send me to the post office and then he'd tip me after.
like another poster here, i spent a ton of time at the library, before my teen years. got enough info that i didn't need to open a book in high school. everything hinged on how the teachers scored my absences. if they scored like i was there, it was good. if they gave me a zero...not so good. i tried to keep my averages as close to 100 as i could, cuz i knew that i would miss a lot of classes.
by my senior year, i was at the school more than most teachers. i helped my teacher run the Culinary Arts program and we expanded it to include the Boy's Club. my future wife would get mad at me. we cut the 1st few classes and go in and get notes. she'd get detention and nothing would be said to me, at that time, the Butch would catch me in CA and ask me not to do that anymore as i was setting a bad example. he was also my CA teacher's brother in law. we got extra publicity for the program in the news.
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