Class rings may not be known to all, but I went to twelve different elementary and secondary schools. That's right, twelve. My parents moved a lot, especially between the Capital District and the North Country. That, and there were times where my grandmother lives in Massachusetts a couple of semesters, out of a very hostile situation at home.
In 1980, I lived with my aunt and uncle (and aunt of three children) in a small two-family house on O'Connell Street. I had moved back to Massachusetts, and because my stepfather always enjoyed these Schlitz boxes and still had a good If alcohol fuel Vietnam flashbacks, I could not live there. So I lived with my aunt and uncle. Not much of an improvement, it was very toxic.
In fact, about December 1978 to December 1979, I did not go to school. Not because I do not want to - there were some legal problems. As - then, open to all public schools in Albany City School District, you had to live with a parent - who was also living in the Albany City School District boundaries.
