tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post4556536189387418410..comments2023-12-28T16:38:26.304-08:00Comments on ACravan: DERBY DAYACravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-46514713298648791362013-11-03T14:58:11.539-08:002013-11-03T14:58:11.539-08:00Hi and good (really good) to hear from you. "...Hi and good (really good) to hear from you. "High school" and "benign" don't seem to come together perfectly, but I see your point. For me, going away to boarding school really saved my life because it took me out of (very messed up) nuclear family focus and set me down, essentially, in the business world (early), where I needed to learn how to make my own way. At the time I attended The Gunnery, it was a superb school and I was at my most educable. And, as Gram Parsons, pointed out so well in "The Older Guys," I learned a lot hanging around with more experienced students. When I attended boarding school, all the strictest rules were still in force and, with the Beatles around and the Vietnam War as background to everything, all sorts of conflicts and disparities came usefully into high relief. If they hadn't sent me away, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have survived ultimately, so I think it worked out well. It's funny what you say about homosexuality, but of course it's true. That being said, looking back on a long-ago time and coming to terms with what you learned and also what you didn't is fascinating. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-7825114715846936712013-11-03T10:01:12.185-08:002013-11-03T10:01:12.185-08:00I had a similar experience, though not as benign a...I had a similar experience, though not as benign as yours. I was taken from my alcoholic mother by the State of Illinois and put in a all male orphanage at 13. It was quite nice for me however as it was at the top of a bluff on Lake Michigan 30 miles north of Chicago, a place named Arden Shore patronized by the Sears family. I'm actually quite grateful for the experience as there were some very bright upperclassmen who were into Ray Charles and Bob Dylan of whom I hadn't a clue. <br /><br />The sentiment about homosexuality is misplaced I think, it not being a choice. I was propositioned myself several times and just didn't go for it, more frightening than anything else.Gary A Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11212510186968039070noreply@blogger.com