'the Day I Learned To Recognize People Of The Opposite Sex As Equals'

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...a kid when he's in the sixth grade? Remember how important things like that used to be? I think I was 11 or 12. I can remember that it was sixth grade because I was at Horace Mann Elementary and I had one of the best teachers I have ever had - Mr. Maddox. What a guy! He kept live snakes in huge, glass cases in the back of the classroom. Every other Friday, the kids who had done something right, really right, during the week got to feed the snakes. The snakes ate mice and baby rabbits. It was the highlight of an entire two week period. To this day I'm convinced that it was Mr. Maddox's conditioning that prepared me for the entire paycheck-to-paycheck mentality I've developed as an adult. The girls in the class, of course, wanted nothing to do with feeding the snakes. They either giggled and squealed or pretended to get sick. They were worthless, screaming, giggling nothings. None of us wanted them close to us and shrieking anyway. It worked out okay for me and my buddies though. Without the girls competing to do really...

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