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CHICAGO—Michael Brown lived his entire life in some of Chicago’s most historic neighborhoods: low end, Wild 100s, Mecca, Terror Town, and Lon City. But despite 45 years of being in the school of hard knocks, Brown he has yet obtain his diploma because he has failed to learn hardly anything.

"I thought he would have learned by now that fat meat is greasy, a fool and his money soon part, and everything that glitter ain’t gold," said Maxie Brown, the grandmother of Michael. "The boy tried to sell "Old Fashioned Lunchroom Butter Cookies," but kept eating as many as he sold. I told that boy, that you don’t get high off your own supply."

Even Brown’s friends are surprised at his slowness to catch on to the game. "He seems pretty intelligent, but it’s like something is missing," said Maurice "Peanut Butter" Thomas. The two become good friends in K-town on the west side. "He seems to have absorbed absolutely nothing."

Brown thinks his friends and family are just too hard on him. "Every time, I try to complain about my situation, they don’t listen. It’s almost as if there is no use in me complaining. Then, when I get a little drunk, they believe what I say as if a drunk man’s words are a sober man’s thoughts."

"I’ve got a diploma waiting for him to complete his assignments." said his grandmother. "All I’ve got to do is fill it out when he gets some sense."

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