Ronald Kerns:  

School When I first checked out this website, it was out of curiosity to see if I could find out what had become of people that I had known long ago. As I read down the list of names, a flood of memories returned, some good and some bad. I could see the faces of long forgotten people in my mind’s eye as I remembered them from 30 years ago. It was quite a trip down memory lane. In any event, I never expected that my visiting this website would result in my writing a bio about my days at Watertown High, especially one that might be read by members of my class. High school was a very painful experience for me. In spite of my being involved in band and intramural sports, my anxiety & insecurities kept me from mixing well with my peers, and I always felt like I didn’t fit in. I had a tremendous amount of difficulty in dealing with the day-to-day pressures that high school kids put on one another. I made poor choices and had difficulty with relationships. My emotional turmoil became unbearable during my junior year, and I made the decision to leave school. I later regretted my decision, but only after most of that year had passed, and I returned to ask my guidance counselor to help me re-enroll. My guidance counselor, knowing me better than I knew myself, advised against my returning to regular classes. He pointed out that if I returned to regu...Expand for more