What was Jason Kenney like in school?
Maybe because I was a teacher, I wonder what people were like as kids. I’ve watched a few grow older and I like to think my guesses can be fairly accurate. Public school is that time in our lives when we’re relatively equal. No matter your socio-economic background, in the classroom you’re all the same. Of course, as one progresses through school, everyone starts to separate into different groups, some claiming a higher status than others. Higher status can be based on a number indices like athletic ability, physical appearance and parental income. My dad was an elementary school principal who had a decent income but not compared with the fathers of my friends who were doctors, dentists, accountants, lawyers, small business owners and managers for the outlets of large companies like the Hudson Bay or Westinghouse. My friends might holiday in more exotic locations but at school, we were essentially all the same, nerdy guys a little slow maturing into adolescence. (I loo...