We also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college.
We also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college.
Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess.
But when I was selected, after my very first tour of squadron duty, to become one of the youngest candidates for the test pilot school, I began to realize, maybe you are a little bit better.
I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me.
I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really very helpful in what I did later on.
I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.
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