https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jp4Wv3cTb4&lc=UgzMJM5zIeECa_ngIBx4AaABAg 9K views 22 comments I can speak to ABOUT *NOT* BEING VAIN. IN FRENCH-CANADIAN SOCIETY (BASED ON THE FIRST NATION NATIVE CULTURE) IT'S NOT PART OF THE CUL- TURE UNLIKE ANGLO-SAXON (BRITISH + NORTH AME- RICAN) CULTURE. I AM HAPPY THAT I'M *NOT* VAIN. I DID 4 YEARS IN A CATHOLIC PRIVATE BOY'S SCHOOL WHERE I WAS THE ONLY POOR BOY FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACK IN NORTH BAY, ONTARIO, CALLED WEST FERRIS. THE HIGH SCHOOL'S NAME IS SCHOLLARD HALL RUN BY RESURRECTIONIST PRIESTS SOME FROM THE USA - RATED THE 3RD BEST IN ONTARIO. I WAS SO *INSULTED* - EVERY DAY - BY THEIR *OBNOXIOS* BEHAVIOR: I NEVER IMAGINED PEOPLE COULD BE THAT WAY. IT WAS ALSO ABOUT *TRANSACTIONAL* RE- LATIONSHIPS. I HAD NOTHING TO OFFER SO I WAS LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. (Ha! Ha!) GUYS WOULD ASK FOR MY BUS MONEY, SO I BLINDLY GAVE IT TO THEM WITHOUT LOOKING AT THEIR FACE AND HAD TO WALK HOME OVER 5 MILES WITH A BRIEFCASE LOADED WITH BOOKS TO 23 MARTIN STREET IN WEST FERRIS. BUT ON THE WAY THERE, I STOPPED AT THE LIBRARY WHERE I'D DO SOME SCHOOL WORK. THIS DID *NOT* HAPPEN ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT EVERY DAY! THEN, I COMPLETED MY GRADE 13 AT THE FRENCH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL, ÉCOLE SECONDAIRE ALGONQUIN WHERE I WAS TREATED LIKE A HERO. I WAS HOME - WITH MY PEOPLE - WHO WERE *NORMAL* - LIKE ME! (Ha!Ha!) I went to parties + even had a few girl friends. I also worked at THE ODEON MOVIE THEATRE 3 DAYS DURING THE WEEK as usher + janitor on the weekends. I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE. I WAS ABLE TO BE 100% ME! :D I WAS AN INSIDER (*NOT* AN OUTSIDER) AND NONE OF THESE PEOPLE WERE VAIN. (Ha! Ha!) FROM THEN ON, I STARTED TO ENJOY MY LIFE. Ken, Toronto, Jia-na-da