William Stiegler:  

Began S.J. Tilden High School in September 1954 in the Academic Course. My older sister had attended Tilden several years before me, in the Commercial Course, and did academically well, so it was naturally expected of me to do the same. She had helped me all the way during elemtary school, PS115 in Canarsie, so many subjects being taught were allready familiar to me, except Algerbra. That was my nightmare and ended my Academic Course pursuit, after several failures and repeating the same course, only to fail again. To this day, I have never, ever seen anyone solve any sort of mathimatical problem using an Algerbra equation. I have used simple math, learned in PS115 and by my sister, in my daily life to this very day, in the Military, my civilian occupation and various financial situations. I also had a part time job at age 16, working in Manhatten as a Messenger boy, delivering small packages thru-out NYC till 6 PM, and doing most of my home work on the commute both ways. I enjoyed this job, and met numerous show business personaliities. This lasted 5 months, and I deceided to quit, as it was not helping me in my school work. About a year later, myself and 4 of my closest friends became employed in a brand new Super Market that opened in our neighborhood. This was about the time that I should have graduated from Tilden, but I lacked the required number of c...Expand for more