High School Ranking: 52% (196/376)

Initial appearance seems to contradict my overall high test scores (96% or better). Simple answer: I was frying hamburgers 40 to 50 hours per week to cover my costs of living. I was learning but did not have time for homework.

This work ethic "enrichment" began at the age of eight when I left the poverty and depravity of my mother's house--not home--by becoming a shoeshine boy for 40 to 50 hours per week.

My deep-seated motivation to promote social, economic and political justice rests on the many formulated answers from the question of "Why me?" during these adolescent and teenage years. In a competition of "Who was most victimized in early life?", I would probably be the winner of the black-and-blue belt award--see I did not kill my mother.

Disgusting and remorseful are those who think their unfilled wants are worse than those who don't have their daily needs.