Joseph Sais:  

Hi, friends and former Bulldog associates! During the years at Garfield I gradually became more ready to accept friendship and the pleasant and stimulating synergy of the life force that companions make possible. Also, I finally found a way to express and test my intellectual abilities in Jacqui Friedman's public speaking class. Somehow, I had not found much interest in the mathematics, English, and history classes. :-( French class was O.K. but I was not good at learning another language so it was difficult for me to sit in that class. I was sixteen (16) years old when we graduated in Summer '60, but even at that young age I began to learn that I had to be responsible for all the decisions that I had made while at Garfield, including a deeply personal one that caused me the greatest loss of my life. So much of what I became during my adult years and what I continue to be now is a result of the enrichment (both, the good and the bad) of my mind during the three years at Garfield. Fantasy no longer fuels my imagination with what might have been, nor, with what previously had brought hope for what still might be, except in some of my dreams (that part of my psyche that I can't reason with or control). I thank Jacqui Friedman (later, Mrs. Highland, I believe) and all of the other teachers and fellow students who had a helpful and positive impact on me, especially Amos Schwarz, Robert Santos, & Rochelle Levites (later, Mrs. Brink, I believe). It was bad judgement on my part to have previously put so much personal information, and even several current photos, in the "cloud" when I first discovere...Expand for more