Dear Listers, Teddy told me that she went to Highland Jr. High. My response was that I did, too. Louisville had very good schools. I have attended four colleges and never had to take an entrance exam. Here are my Highland Jr. High remarks: I'll have you know that I went to Highland Jr. High. For two years I went to Alex G. Barrett Jr. High and then the city changed the boundaries and I had to do my 9th grade in Highland. The principal there was Sam V. Noe, but when he signed things his signature looked like Dam U Noe. What a way to be remembered! I graduated from Male in 1950, so that means I went to Highland Jr. High in or about 1946. Fifty years later (and more) when I was retired and looking for something to do, I began substituting in public schools and I settled on Jr. High schools where I had the most fun. But that was in Southern California in one of the best districts in the state. Parents were fighting to get their kinds into our schools and leaned heavily on their boys and girls to behave well. Most of them were a pleasure to deal with. Of all grades I like the 7th best. It was in the Arcadia, CA schools where I planted trees for several years. I call my one of my blogs "Planting Trees" from that experience. I took the title from the Greek proverb, "A society grows great when *old men plant trees* in whose shade they know they shall never sit." I planted a lot of algebra and science trees in those years, and told many patriotic Kentucky family history stories as well. Arcadia, CA owes it all to Louisville schools. Tom the bewildered