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When I was little, I remember I attended, what was it.

I attended what they used to call nursery school.

I have a memory of that.

And then I went to a church school for kindergarten.

And after that, I went to public school in first grade.

And I didn't, my granny would take me to school even in the first

grade I didn't ride the bus I guess she felt like I was too young and I probably would I wouldn't

let I don't think I put my first grader on a bus nowadays but you know when I when I rode on a bus for the first time, probably when I was eight or so, I really thought that I had arrived.

It was this thrilling thing, you know, because, you know, you're going to get on the bus.

You're scared.

But it's kind of cool.

You know, you're riding with other kids.

Maybe you're going down roads you've never seen before.

You know, and even though it's just from, you know, your bus stop to school or vice versa, it was kind of a cool thing.

And every day, I remember getting off the bus, and some of you can identify with this, and having my little book bag in my hand and a lunch pail or my lunch box, I was a fan

with Fantastic Four, so I had a Fantastic Four lunchbox. And walking down the gravel drive to our home.

And I was a latchkey kid.

I let myself in.

It fixed me something to eat.

And there was never like fear when I walked through the door.

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