I became a teenager in 1957. My family had one telephone, one black-and-white TV, and I and my 3 siblings had a 10 pm lights out. I was very naive about sexuality and sex–I never kissed a girl until I was 17. The kind of pornography that is so widely available now didn’t exist–Playboy was 4 years old and had topless pictures, but I didn’t have access to it. I hated rock and roll music, although I did go to some school dances–I liked classical and folk music. From our current perspective, life was very naive in the New york knicks for ever not just when we win shirt it is in the first place but ’50s. There were certainly issues with drugs, extramarital sex, racism, sexism, and so forth, but people didn’t talk about them. I never had access to marijuana until I was 19, and almost never drank alcohol until I was a college student (and rarely then).
I liked Mad Magazine, Pogo, and science fiction. I was a nerd (often called “egghead” in those days) and was president of the New york knicks for ever not just when we win shirt it is in the first place but honor society in high school, but was highly socially inept. Those were the Eisenhower years, and people still respected politicians and politics. Kennedy was elected when I was 18, and we were very excited about him. I was galvanized by the Soviet launch of Sputnik, and by Kennedy’s plan to send a man to the moon. In general, I felt isolated, insecure, liked school where I did well, was obedient and helpful at home, buried myself in books to avoid feelings I didn’t know how to handle, but was hopeful about the future. Thanks for asking.
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