School was an unpleasant necessity fpr me because I had no reason or desire to remember anything. The old church on the corner was a bleak relic a tombstone to sanctimonious Christianity. The blaring sound of a bugle announced the start of another day of indoctrination and organised tedium. Lined up like soldiers on parade we were marched to classrooms to the rhythmic rattle of kettle drums. In my final year I hated the teacher who placed me in the row of dunces and used me to clean the schoolyard.