[Evans, Marv]

I was like Milt in school during the '50s. In those days they just tried to beat it out of you. I'm married to a teacher and she tells me I display ADHD characteristics even at my age. I know I'm more energetic than most people and have always been. In the 5th grade, my teacher, the Principal & Vice Principal had a conference with my mother and told her to take me to a phychiatrist because they couldn't control me. Of course that just made her cry & nothing happened breyond that except maybe my dad whipped me more. One thing that I noticed with myself was that exercise caused me to settle down quite a bit. Starting in 6th grade at my elementary school, we could go out for sports. I was on the football, track, and basketball teams. Since we didn't have a gymnasium, we had to use the high school's gym during basketball season. This meant I had to get up at 5 AM to go to basketball practice. I was still hell on wheels but the I could tell the difference in myself during basketball season. When we moved during 8th grade, I had PE first period and I could tell it calmed my day down quite a bit. I had a real problem with not becoming distracted & still do somewhat. I also remember I would have these frequent bursts of energy that made me feel like jumping over a building or something like that. It's hard to control yourself when you feel like that.