The students at Springdale High commonly referred to the school as the “Jungle,” because each day was a struggle for survival. While we didn’t have poisonous snakes or carnivorous animals that saw us as their next meal, we did have nutty teachers and nerdy students just waiting to pounce on your every mistake. This morning, we had a substitute teacher in Homeroom, a young guy who looked like he hadn’t started shaving. He insisted we take turns reading aloud from a book of your choice. To check your
War" that could escalate into a nuclear crisis at any moment. The media infiltrated the people with the terror of bombing, and the paranoia of being labeled "red," or Communist. The presence of this war without weapons was felt in the homes, in the schools and cities, and even in the entertainment industry; the entire country, from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s was in a state of constant anxiety. During and after World War II, the United States and some of her closer allies were suspicious of the