Jay Bailey:  

School I played basketball all through high school and volleyball in grade 13. Other highlights were dating Roberta Robinson, Sue Leppek, Christine Erb, Lynn Allwood, Liz Kruz, Avril Villiers and Janet Main (and a surprise kiss from N. S. that scared the shy guy that I was), working on the Grumbler year book and friendships. I also valued a conversational friendship with Marcy Budd that might have been more if I had been less shy. Then there was the crush I had on Sonya Glaser that I never acted upon (I always blamed it on Woodley's teasing - instead I should have proved him right). Oh yes, when I tore up my diploma on stage, I was fully aware that what counted was school records and what I said to the trembling man on stage was, "Marks aren't what's important; it's the people!" or words to that effect. College I started with a 3-yr Diploma in Christian Education, picked up a year of U of T Arts along the way, finished the B.A. in Religion and Native Studies at Brandon U after working with indigenous Manitobans for a couple of years and took three 7-wk summers and a couple of years of writing to get my M.A. in Teaching French at Simon Fraser U. Workplace I spent two years working in Elphinstone and on 2 Saulteaux reserves, th...Expand for more