Alfie

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PARIS HILTON “Conformity. I definitely
did not fit in. I was sent to Provo Canyon
School, a behaviour modification facility
in Utah. You’re in lockdown. A hell hole.
All I wanted was to get out. I never
really finished high school. I got my GED
[graduate equivalency diploma].”
JOSHUA JACKSON “School spirit.
Honestly. I was expelled from school twice.
They told me I didn’t have the school spirit,
which still to this day confuses me.”
JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT “I guess it
was gym. I mean, I had a very rough time
in junior high school. I was very unpopular.
I always wanted to be a cheerleader, but I
never made it. That’s why I took my
cheerleader’s trophy from Can’t Hardly
Wait as a souvenir.”
LINDSAY LOHAN “I hate math. It’s just
something you have to learn. It’s important
because you need to know what’s going
on, particularly when it comes to money.”
MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ “I was bad at
everything. I hated it, dropped out and,
eventually, got my high school equivalency
diploma.”
TOM CRUISE “Reading. When I graduated
from high school in 1980 I was a
functional illiterate. I would go blank, feel
famous 46 | october 2004
10 stars
WORST
SUBJECTS IN
SCHOOL
I BY SUSAN GRANGER
REVEAL THEIR
SARAH POLLEY “All the stupid
electives. I dropped out because I
wanted to read more.”
anxious, nervous, bored, frustrated,
dumb. I would get angry. I finally learned
to read as an adult.”
LILI TAYLOR “Grammar. I used to fall
asleep in class.”
FRANKIE MUNIZ “Being there. I don’t
like hanging out with kids my own age.
Kids annoy me. I’m used to being around
adults. My mom has home-schooled me
since I was in sixth grade.”
LEONARDO DICAPRIO “You name it!
I was nicknamed ‘Leonardo Retardo’
because I cheated off other people’s
papers.”