Andrew Kozinski:  

I moved to Marysville in January of 96' From Portland OR and was slotted into Mrs. Pemberton's 4th grade class at Allen Creek Elementary School. The following school year I fell into Mr. McMurray's class. The only thing I really remember was the padded play area and playing Tether ball and oh yes... Wall ball and always riding my bike to school. Actually now that I think about it most of us did... or some of you were dropped off..... And there were only a couple of busses that I think Joong Kim (class mate) rode. The only people I remember were the teachers Joong and Amanda who lived on the same street as the lime green house... and my buddy Ryan McDonald and Matt Murray who was a grade lower that I lived by. While attending MMS I was in band. I selected the Trombone (bad decision) and I don't know how anyone who took band at MMS could forget the instructor Mrs. Liz Vandyke. Very short and stout woman, who for some may have lacked in providing one on one "constructive" criticism to put it nicely. In 7th grade I chose the Bass guitar (much better) but never set foot in a band room again, definitely a few garages though. My home room teacher was... I forgot his name, but he was really weird, old and portly... always wore black. I remember trying out for wrestling. I sucked. Suddenly I moved to TX during the last stretch of 7th grade... been out here ever since. For those of you that have not visited the state of Texas yet are on the right track. I remember thinking that I would be going to school with a bunch of redneck hicks somewhere between Hell and an Independent film. Surprisingly, come to find out that I had moved to what shortly became the fastest growing ...Expand for more