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Alan Shepard

I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me.

Alan Shepard

Teacher

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Alan Shepard is humorously suggesting that his early advancement through school was not necessarily due to his intelligence. Instead, he implies that the teacher might have promoted him quickly simply to move him along and out of the classroom.

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