re: Anybody get sent to military school because they were such a jag off as a kid?

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Jeezus that's crazy. Were these kids neglected or just generally mentally ill?

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I've thought about that over the years.

No, I did not ever observe anything like neglect or mental illness.

One of these poor kids' dads had a very full, public life that might have made him a bit inaccessible. The other guy was a year or two younger and I really didn't know him.

Seems like the rumor mill always pointed to some girlfriend. And you can never rule out the possibility of some kind of horrible, behind-the-scenes sexual abuse, I guess.