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"The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS."
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"Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated."
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"School...school... is just nothing... if you think that you are going to learn something. You are here wrong, you wanna see the system?It's in about23 Channels as a start then increases... decreases... even with different topics in the end... they want you to recall the whole data from the 23 Channels as for Perfect, as For under Perfect Okay..okay... but still not perfect, as for Good... Just an Okay... and as for Middle... Little from there and little from there as for the last... Nothing at all."
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"He nodded toward the sub. "This is going to be a blow-off day."I dragged my mind away from magical intrigue. After being homeschooled for most of my life, some parts of the "normal" school world was a mystery. "What does that mean, exactly.""Usually teacher leave subs a lesson plan, telling them what to do. I saw Ms. Terwilliger left. It said, 'Distract them."
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"When asked 'What do we need to learn this for?' any high-school teacher can confidently answer that, regardless of the subject, the knowledge will come in handy once the student hits middle age and starts working crossword puzzles in order to stave off the terrible loneliness."
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"I played trombone for 10 minutes, and then I was in an accordion band in school for even less."
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"In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate."
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"In high school, I was Mr. Choir Boy. I had solos, I was helping out the tenors with their parts and our choir teacher would ask me what songs we should do."
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"It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs."
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"The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS."
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"I just motor through school in the morning and then go skating."
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"The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS."
School


"I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me."
Fact


"Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support."
Athletes


"Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it."
Battle


"We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around."
Faith


"I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school."
Letters


"The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital."
Life


"The desire to move into a bigger house, to avoid living AIDS daily, and a dream to be accepted by a community and school, became possible and a reality with a movie about my life, The Ryan White Story."
Life


"Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there."
Prejudice


"On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS."
Mother
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