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TI: Earlier you mentioned school, so talk about school a little bit. What kind of school did you go to when you were young, like elementary school? Do you remember your, your elementary school?

FS: The first one, like I said, the Yolo County thing, was, I think the name of the place was Washington, Washington... it's a grammar school. I was in the, I was more just like in kindergarten then.

TI: And, and tell me a little bit about your classmates. Were they mostly Japanese or mixed or how would you describe your...

FS: I would say most of the, most of the people, I would say about half of, half of the school would be Japanese.

TI: And what would the other half be?

FS: Huh?

TI: What would the other half be?

FS: More or less, mostly hakujin. Very few Mexican at that time.

TI: Now, if people were to, like your classmates, if they were to describe you as a student, how would they describe you?

FS: You got me. [Laughs]

TI: [Laughs] Would they say you were a good student, or you were... I mean, where were you like in the class? Do you remember kind of how you did?

FS: You mean for the grammar school? No, I wouldn't remember that.

TI: Okay. How about teachers? Any special teachers as you were, as you were going through school that you can remember?

FS: You mean in grammar school or high school?

TI: Let's start with grammar school first.

FS: Grammar school I can't remember -- oh, wait a minute, grammar school... yeah, if it was Elk Grove Grammar School I would remember the, the eighth grade teacher. She was, we used to call her Mrs.... start with a K. I forgot. Any, she was very strict. If anything, if somebody was doing anything bad she got the ruler in hand and go pow, you know. So everybody is, don't make any noise. They were very quiet. [Laughs]

TI: Now, do you remember her ever getting mad at you? Did she ever have to discipline you?

FS: No, I never had...

TI: Okay, good.

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