I'm curious... who were your "heroes" as a kid?

[Kacer]

I'm just "odd" all the way around... I THINK... maybe not.

If I were African-American, IMO, they'd make perfect sense, but I'm white as a sheet. And AFAIK, no African-American "blood"... but the McCallister's apparently DID own slaves... so who knows?

In fact, aside from Kindergarten and 1st grade (Where I attended School in Springfield at Simon-Kenton w/ about a 60% African-American students, 35% wite students and 5% "other".) I wasn't even EXPOSED to ANY African Americans. I mean in MY class nada. 2 classes ahead and 4 classes ahead and 1 class behind me there was 1 black student (total of 3 in the WHOLE School - 2 were siblings).

Still, nada AFAIK. But my 3 heroes in order were:

Harriet Tubman
Amelia Earhart
Martin Luther King Jr.

So who were YOUR heroes as a kid growing up?

Am I just really intelligent, or just really odd? (or both maybe?

Or to those who know me does this just explain a lot?

[Buckshot]

Kacer,

Strange how this is going to link in, when there is really no reason it should!

My childhood heros:

Simon Kenton
Gen. George Patton
The Mercury Astronauts

We had 2 blacks (brother & sister) in my first school, none in my class. C R Coblentz School District, Preble Co., Oh. First Ohio district to be consolidated.

We had 2 black families (IIRC total of 3 or 4 kids) in my second school, 1 in my classs. Lexington Local School District, Richland Co., Ohio.

We had 1 black family (total of 2 or 3 kids) with 1 in my class at my third school. Bath Local School District, Allen Co. Ohio.

No opinion on your last two questions.

Buckshot

[Trisha]

Shakespeare
Heinlein
and later, Nikos Kazantzakis

They were my heroes because I had asthma as a child and missed a lot of school. I learned how to think, how to dream at their hands. I found that within my mind I could set my own adventures and chart a course that might lead me to freedom. . .

Bach, Beethoven and Mozart did the rest. I survived because of those six; and the concept of celebrating vision and imagination carried and sustained by such music has seen me endure everything else.

They were my springboard.

Trisha

[StonerStudent]

For me a big one would be my mom

if only I was half the person she was.

[thebeekeeper1]

Roy Rogers and John Wayne

How dated am I? ;D

[Kacer]

thebeekeeper1 said:

Roy Rogers and John Wayne

How dated am I? ;D

Dang BeeKeep! you're not THAT old!... Of course, all 3 of MY "heroes" were dead by the time I was BORN... plus, if you read the thread about famous women you'd not object to... on AFRCOM... a LOT of MY choices "dated" me as a LOT older, but I was just an "early learner" Maybe the same w/you?

[compulsive269]

Joe Nameth, Johnny Unitas, Carl Yastrzemski, anyone in Playboy and the LaFrance twins who helped me discover the wonderful world of bisexuality.