The average teenager is said to talk 16 minutes or less to their parents during the week. These are the same parents who brought them into this world and treated them with the love and gave them the strength to grow day by day. As the teenager grows up to his or her preteen teenage years the teenager decides to become isolated from their parents. But in reality the parents were the ones who first were the teenagers who dealt with the daily drama of being a high school student. From this point on I will be describing my mother (the one who gave me life in this world) high school experience along with her dislikes and likes that made her what she is today.
             My mother attended Grand Blanc High School in the mid 60's and graduated in the late 60's. Back then of course there were many things different then now but there was a lot of common teenage situations my mother dealt with much like I do today. My mother was a student who really loved going to high school for somewhat of the same reasons I did. She loved the social life and the academics being taught to her. My mother was a great student and received decent grades with mostly A's, B's and some C's. She received all A's all year with her favorite Teacher which was Mrs. Groenleer in her favorite subject Art. Art was my mother's favorite subject because she felt it was the class that she could indeed express herself in. One way in which she wasn't allowed to express herself though was sports. Unlike how I am allowed too play sports nowadays, my mother wasn't allowed to play sports like she really wanted too because back in the 60's women weren't supposed to sweat and play sports. So instead my mother waited until her mother and father weren't home and went out and played with the neighborhood kids in the streets. Her favorite sport just like it is nowadays was basketball. Besides sneaking out and playing sports with the nei...