How much different would my life be if the deeply, awesomely weird alternative school I went to for 7th grade didn't shut down the next year, landing me in catholic school for the next 5 years instead.

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It was on the large homestead of an awesome hippie couple in Santa Fe. The back yard had chickens, carrier pigeons, an herb garden and a two-story treehouse. I went through two years of math in one year. We built a stone circle in the back, and another one up in the mountains on a field trip. The whole thing was infused with a low-key alternative spirituality that probably would've driven my parents nuts if they knew about it.

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