been left on the Fitzgeralds' doorstep. (Bruccoli)
             When his younger sister Annabell was born in 1901 his mother didn't baby him as much. Though Catholic, Irish, and the son of an unsuccessful businessman, Scott went to dancing school with children of Saint Paul's elite. At a early age he became interested in girls, and still more interested in dating (in those days they called it courting). He enjoyed playing the dating game and he played better than most. A few years later he wrote a book for his younger sister, Annabel, detailing instructions about how to attract boys. (Brucolli)
             The family moved a lot so, Fitzgerald was primarily home schooled, but when the family finally settled in 1918 in St. Paul, Fitzgerald started St. Paul Academy where he began to write. During his three years there, he energetically began his literary apprenticeship. (Meyers) He was not popular in school. His first published story, 'The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage' appeared in 1909 in 'Now and Then' the school newspaper followed by 'A Luckless Santa Claus'. He never did very well in school. Instead of doing his homework and studying, he would sit and write. Because he didn't do well at St. Paul Academy, so his parents transferred him to Newman, a boarding school in New Jersey. Fitzgerald was just as unpopular there as he was at St. Paul because of his attitude towards others and the fact that he was "the poorest boy in a rich boys school" (Mizner).
             Fitzgerald entered Princeton University in 1913 where there were many prestigious clubs that could determine social status. Fitzgerald almost got his dream of a brilliant success. He became popular in the literary life of the university and made lifelong friendships with Edmund Wilson and John Peale Bishop. Fitzgerald wrote for The Nassau Literary Magazine and the Princeton Tiger a campus humor magazine. (Mizner, Meyers)
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