In the words of Peter, on this post:
By the time I was 4, it was clear I was, in my father’s words “Screwed up somehow, but not stupid”. There were no schools for such children back then (40 years ago), so my mom started one: The Gateway School of New York. She handled everything that wasn’t education, and Elizabeth Freidus (pronounced ‘freed us’ – amazingly apropos) handled education. That school helped me a lot. Now, I am on the board.
After that, I went to mainstream schools and was miserable. Really miserable. Suicidal for much of adolescence. Absolutely no friends (I mean NONE). I had one date (disastrous) before college, and only a couple in college.
Things got better. College was MUCH better than HS. And post-college was even better. I’m married. I have 2 great kids. I have 2 MAs and a PhD, and a job (as a statistician).
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