We had five goats, two dogs, a cat and racks of commentaries on Shakespeare.
Math was my favorite subject, and English was my worst.
In marked contrast to the University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry was hardly visible at Stanford in 1945, consisting of only two professors in the chemistry department.
My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. Figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject. But I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time.
I was hopeless at high school - I failed everything but Latin.
I was good in biology, but I did very badly in chemistry, and my parents were horrified by that.
I had D minuses in chemistry and all of the sciences, and now I'm known as a molecular gastronomist.
I am better at math than spelling.
I was very good at history, often scoring 99 out of 100, whereas in mathematics, I usually scored zero.
