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AI: So then, after you finished your undergrad, did you go directly on to, to dental school?

WW: I went directly on to dentistry, I went to University of Illinois in Chicago, enrolled in the dental school there.

AI: And how was that?

WW: How was it? It was... I would not want to repeat it. [Laughs]

AI: So it was challenging?

WW: It was challenging, and I just didn't like the attitude of some of the professors. And not only myself, but others within our class. I mean, some of 'em would teach, treat the students in a demeaning manner, and I, to this day, I don't understand why they would want to do that. Dentistry itself is a difficult enough profession without making it difficult for a person trying to learn it. So, yeah. Therefore, I have mixed emotions about dental school. I mean, it was a good learning institution and so forth, however, I didn't like some of the teaching methods.

AI: It sounds as though at least the teachers were equally demeaning to all students.

WW: Yes, they were. And there were other, there were some other Asians, and a few blacks, other minorities, and everyone was treated equally, the same way. [Laughs]

AI: And what year was it that you finished dentistry school?

WW: I finished dental school in 19', year 1960. And...

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