As I sat in an empty classroom at Hollywood High reading the LA Times story of the death of John Wayne, I anticipated my own entry into Junior High a few weeks later. I had no idea how different going to school in Hollywood could be. I was tagging along with my sister Laura as she embarked on an accelerated curriculum that had her attending school in the summer. To my 11-year-old mind there was literally no difference between the attendees of Hollywood High and that of any adult walking around free and not in school.
In my mind these guys had it made. Though I stuck close to my sis and avoided other kids/adults on the school grounds, everything and everyone seemed normal.
Junior High Babylon
