Johnny, We Hardly Recognize Ye
Camden-Rockport High is no longer, alas Of all the things I did (or didn’t) do when it came to rules when I was a teen, the one instance that came to mind relating to this month’s topic of rule breaking might strike you as a head scratcher, but back in the fall of 1965, it made perfect sense. I had achieved three years of perfect attendance by the time senior year came around. However, when we got to school on day one, we discovered the school had gone to a rotating schedule. Looking back, it doesn’t seem like a big deal, but for reasons that escape me, I was irate. My way of rebelling was to skip school on day two….and attend with my friends at their school. I went to Union High, they went to Camden-Rockport High. If I did something like that today with all the threats to schools, I’d probably be arrested, but back then, everyone was amused by my ‘rebellion’ and rolled with it. I went to all the classes my girlfriend’s brother and two cousins did. Had lunch with them, my gir...
