Stuart Rubinstein:  

SO HERE IS MY STORY I lived on Shepherd Ave between Blake and Sutter ave's. I was In Franklyn K Lanes district. Day one I was going to Lane [ holding hands with my girlfriend Ellie [ put your belly next to mine] when we were approached by 4 boys. Lane was having race riots and these boys welcomed us to school but advised us we were not getting out alive. Ellie and I went back home on the bus. The next day I began the transfer to Thomas Jefferson H.S. One of the requirements were that i get a job. I left Jeff at 12:30 everyday to get to my one o'clock job. That meant I never had the chance to meet or hang out with my classmates. So I really never knew anyone at Jeff. I would get home, play sports with my Shepherd Ave friends , have dinner [ tell my parents I did my homework in study class [ a big lie] and then go to the local candy store with a pocketfull of nickels and dimes and begin calling the girlfriend of the week. I estimate I spent $800,000 on fone calls [ well maybe a little less]. When graduation time came and classmates were talking about College, i had not put in any applications. Finally after gr...Expand for more