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Manifestor_of_Light

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60. Second semester freshman in college.

Mon Sep 15, 2014, 06:20 PM

Sep 2014

I graduated from HS when I was 17 because I started school a year early. I started school a year early because I was reading books.
I earned 15 hours of college credit from advanced placement. They had just started AP tests a couple of years before that.

I don't remember not being able to read. Mom said she read to me and it was signs at three, and books at four.

Changed my major three times, went back to my original major, biology, which was a mistake. Not what I really wanted to do.
Parental pressure. They thought I wouldn't be able to get a job if I majored in anything other than a natural science, when I wanted to be a fine arts major. I didn't get a job with that BA. Didn't get a job with my law degree either. Overqualified and thrown away from this society.

It was the Seventies. Growing hair, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll were all popular. I went to concerts where there were three strong acts--they don't do this anymore.

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What were you doing at age 18 ? [View all] steve2470 Sep 2014 OP

Working in construction, 1976, $12.75/hour. Pay was better then. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1

that was pretty decent money for 1976 steve2470 Sep 2014 #2

Army Basic and Advanced Infantry Training pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #3

I'm glad you survived the war steve2470 Sep 2014 #4

Thanks--me, too! :) pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #68

Deciding whether to register for the draft. rug Sep 2014 #5

can I ask, did you finally register ? steve2470 Sep 2014 #6

Yes, on my 18th birthday I went to the draft board in Times Square and registered. rug Sep 2014 #16

glad things turned out well ! nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #22

serving in the military Skittles Sep 2014 #7

was it worth it ? haha steve2470 Sep 2014 #8

oh I will Skittles Sep 2014 #10

southern California, way out east of LA ? nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #14

I was almost literally having a nervous breakdown at freshman year of college. closeupready Sep 2014 #9

Freshman year was pretty rough for me too, weed or no weed steve2470 Sep 2014 #12

Me too! closeupready Sep 2014 #26

Hey Steve, I was a freshman at San Jose State College, living at home with my parents! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #11

hey CalPeggy, hope you enjoyed your major ! :) nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #13

I did, very much! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #15

How is your shoulder ? All healed up ? steve2470 Sep 2014 #17

Ah, I wish! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #18

I hope it's not still trying to slip pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #20

It is trying to slip............sort of. A little, here and there. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #25

glad things are slowly progressing steve2470 Sep 2014 #27

Second/third year of college, two part time jobs, mourning, becoming workaholic, not coping. politicat Sep 2014 #19

..... steve2470 Sep 2014 #21

I too was a freshman in college dr.strangelove Sep 2014 #23

luckily, 38 years later, I finished that degree :) nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #24

More power to you! pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #31

oh...I was trying to make a joke steve2470 Sep 2014 #34

I think we have a great example here in Tobin pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #38

yes much respect to him ! steve2470 Sep 2014 #40

Changing my major from engineering to biology. hunter Sep 2014 #28

glad your meds are better ! :) nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #29

Frosh in colege, taking classes that all were taking, since I had NO idea what I wanted benld74 Sep 2014 #30

I was married with a young child. RebelOne Sep 2014 #32

Living at home, working full time as a typist in an insurance/real estate office. Arkansas Granny Sep 2014 #33

Let's see, was that Pleistocene era? I forget. DFW Sep 2014 #35

you were in college in Philly ? steve2470 Sep 2014 #37

I was indeed DFW Sep 2014 #39

nope lol steve2470 Sep 2014 #41

Thanks, except for my wife's current medical travails, we're OK DFW Sep 2014 #44

oh many good vibes to your wife ! steve2470 Sep 2014 #45

My well-compensated daughter is the brains of the outfit, and thanks! DFW Sep 2014 #75

I wish her and your wife much good luck ! :) nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #83

Senior year of highschool, working as an assistant martial arts instructor sakabatou Sep 2014 #36

Going to college, protesting the Vietnam War. nt LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #42

kudos for both ! nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #43

Most of it 18 I was a sr in high school. Muscle car, money from pt job, and crazy friends. aikoaiko Sep 2014 #46

Turned 18 in Feb of my senior year of HS bigwillq Sep 2014 #47

It's great to be a Gator. On my way to college in Missouri. Went to grad school at U/F as old fogey. kairos12 Sep 2014 #48

Listening to a lot of Prog, hifiguy Sep 2014 #49

Working as a photographer at 6 flags over texas OriginalGeek Sep 2014 #50

No wonder I missed you pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #51

And if you can't afford to take the kids to Sea World.... Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #57

I was at a concert when a friend of mine was onstage with another folk singer pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #58

I've come up with "Motel 2-1/2" Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #59

Brother one thing I can promise you OriginalGeek Sep 2014 #69

Thank you. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #71

THat is a bucket-list type accomplishment! OriginalGeek Sep 2014 #82

We were so poor, Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #73

Another naive freshman here ... Auggie Sep 2014 #52

yep, all of the above nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #53

One of the HS classmates I looked up to... pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #55

College freshman ... femmocrat Sep 2014 #54

I don't know, but whatever it was, I was fucking stoned while I was doing it. Iggo Sep 2014 #56

Second semester freshman in college. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #60

college freshman - never considered anything else DrDan Sep 2014 #61

Freshman at U. of Alabama. 1959. trof Sep 2014 #62

I can relate to the frat thing :) nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #65

I was an art school freshman ... surrealAmerican Sep 2014 #63

Sophomore at SUNY New Paltz shenmue Sep 2014 #64

College NV Whino Sep 2014 #66

Washing dishes at the Bon Marche in Yakima rustydog Sep 2014 #67

My big bro Jamaal510 Sep 2014 #70

freshman in college fizzgig Sep 2014 #72

Wearing a pickle suit over in Germany.... chknltl Sep 2014 #74

Learning how to tap telephones for the Army jmowreader Sep 2014 #76

Lots of drugs. Throd Sep 2014 #77

Right? Iggo Sep 2014 #78

graduating high school, joining the Air Force, being a born again Christian and torturing myself Douglas Carpenter Sep 2014 #79

I wish I could say I had been doing the same at that age davidpdx Sep 2014 #80

probably drinking Lil Missy Sep 2014 #81

1968 ballardgirl Sep 2014 #84

if I had the mind I have now, yes... steve2470 Sep 2014 #85

Graduating La Jolla High (1969), working in the summer mnhtnbb Sep 2014 #86

Plebe at the U.S. Naval Academy Shrek Sep 2014 #87