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I soon learned that Catholic school was fanatical about memorizing. Each day was a regimen of memorizing and regurgitating information that included multiplication tables, spelling, basic scientific principles, and especially incomprehensible religious doctrine. Mrs. Bauldoff introduced the class to a religious text called The Baltimore Catechism, memorizing Catholic precepts in the [...]
I started kindergarten at the tender age of four. My first school was Dunigan Elementary in Bridgeport, Connecticut. My older brother and sister called it Dunigan’s Dungeon. By the time I finished 2nd grade I was seven years old and ill prepared for third grade because of cultivating poor study habits. [...]
