Bobby Brooks:  

School Most of 10th and 11th grades were spent trying to avoid being made to cut my hair by the administration They aren't the most pleasant memories. For the most part I was a loner (and still am), though I did have a few good friends. College Because I screwed around in 10th and 11th grades I had to go to a JC (Pierce) to make up deficiencies. After that I went to USC and majored in Astronomy, graduating in 1978. USC meant a LOT of studying and a long commute every day but in general it was a good school. The Astro dept was excellent because it was only an undergrad dept. That meant that we actually got attention from our profs and were given opportunities that undergrads at other schools would not have been given. For instance, one of the best things I received from the dept was the right to spend two years doing work at Sto...Expand for more