childhood survey:

how would you describe the family you grew up with?

MI mother with explosive temper, absent father.
Neither went to college

did you have your own room as a child?

Yes

did you grow up in a house, flat, or someplace else?

Untreated bipolar mother = wild ride on living arrangements and money. Never in the same place for more than two years, except once (three years). Lived everywhere from the YMCA, trailer, apartment, townhomes, houses, even a wealthy neighborhood once.

do you know what time you were born?

@6:00 a.m.

faves:

as a child, what was your fave:

toy: Toy piano

food: Pizza

tv show: Flintstones

drink: Chocolate milk (got it at school—I wasn’t allowed to have this at home)

memory: Successfully auditioning for the state jazz choir

did you have a best friend?

In 8th grade, yes

do you know if you were a good baby?


Yes

did you have a fave song as a child?


Yes, the Maple Leaf Rag

fave subject at school?

Chemistry

did you have a fave teacher?

Fourth grade—she was like a mother to me.

were you good at school?


The teachers were frustrated with me because I did extremely well on aptitude tests, but I would only get Bs. I learned how to study and made nearly straight As in college.

one subject you couldn't stand?

history, economics, and government