It made me independent. So, I know it is a motivator. I don't know how kids stay in school now, what with "testing", searches, etc. OK, I never did undertstand that, if they lived near a racetrack. I went to school in Paris for awhile and didn't wonder had I lived near Longchamps if I would have made the 8th grade. I will recognize heaven when I get there. kidding, of course, about the first line.

I was already independent. Way before testing. I was so independent that I always knew I was better than a fig. Then, Globalization, Events, and the next thing you know...

Humility comes late to some of us. I was last to trust outside my own 'nocs.