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At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school was very very stressful.

At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school was very very stressful.


Ahmet Zappa  Ahmet Zappa
Tags: Mother  Me  Bed  Invisible  Inside  Had 

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Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa (born May 15, 1974) is an American musician and writer, and executor of the Zappa Family Trust.

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My father would often work all night and sleep during the day, so for us, dinner might be pancakes, and breakfast might be beef stroganoff.

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 Tags: Work Father Day Sleep Night Dinner
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I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone.

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 Tags: Parents Ideas Everyone Ask Go Off
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My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from them.

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 Tags: Parents Democracy Appreciate Healthy
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I think what my father appreciated was the science experiment of life. He had these kids, and they had their own experiences. He wanted us to discover the world for ourselves.

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 Tags: Life Father Science World Think Own
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I didn't read at all until I was 12. I just couldn't. It was too frustrating.

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 Tags: Just Read Until Too Frustrating
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I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but things were a lot more difficult when I was younger.

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 Tags: Difficult Overcome Now Human More
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I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made me feel really sick.

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 Tags: Writing Me Book Thought Dream Feel
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I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible.

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