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Donald a McCormick Boy

Donald was born in a tough family It was beyond tough love, it was violent He learned to put up his dukes before he was two always getting struck down hard by a brother He had six of them and they were scrappers His parents did not interfere, it was their family’s normal when he got to school he trusted no one came in fighting and scrapping his teacher was seasoned she was used to the McCormick boys she had been teaching them for over thirty years they trusted no one It would take Donald a long time to trust her too She knew this, but trusted that it would eventually happen It always happened about May Sadly, the last month of kindergarten Next year he would be in another teacher’s class trusting no one a new rough start he was a McCormick boy it was his way of life….

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