Kerry Hicks:  

I don't have to remind anyone who I am. I don't know of anyone from Bodcaw School who ever had a fond memory of me. It was a troubled time, although I do have some fond memories. Some memories are not of pleasant experiences, but they are amusing now. That is not why I am writing this, however. I was a very troubled child. I grew up in a cesspool of insanity. My home-life spilled over into my school-life. Physically and verbally abused at home; bullied and picked on at school. To many of you I was insane. To some of you I became a monster. I can't look back now and see much that identified me as a human being to others or to myself. I don't blame the kids I went to school with for being kids and doing what kids do. I never held a grudge against those who bullied me. But what was true then and is true now is that I never really counted. People fought over who had to have me on their ball teams. I was a third-stringer in basketball. I made poor grades quite often, despite a 140 IQ. I guess I'm a little bitter. I'm not angry, though. I didn't graduate. I dropped out of the eight...Expand for more