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John McCain is a punk. At least that's what the editors of his high school
yearbook thought.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was known as 'McNasty' and the 'Punk' during
high
school years filled with mischief and demerits. But this week...
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was known as 'McNasty' and the 'Punk' during
high
school years filled with mischief and demerits. But this week the
presumptive Republican nominee returned to Episcopal High School as most
likely to succeed.
(ABC News Photo Illustration)"It was a fateful three years ago that the
"Punk" first crossed the threshold of the High School," wrote the editors
of
the red-leather edition of "The Whispers," a glossy yearbook chronicling
the
achievements of the 1954 class of Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va.
"His magnetic personality has won for him many life-long friends," the
yearbook continued, "but, as magnets must also repel, some have found him
hard to get along with."
More than 50 years later, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., returned triumphantly
to Episcopal, a little less "punk" and a lot more "most likely to
succeed."
The Original 'McNasty'
McCain traveled back to the private school's campus Tuesday, the second
stop
on a week-long biography tour intended to reintroduce the senator to the
American public.
"I'm happy to be back at Episcopal, my alma mater, which I have many happy
memories of, and a few that I'm sure former teachers, school
administrators
and I would rather forget," McCain, who in addition to "Punk" was known as
"McNasty" during his high school years.
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John Sidney McCain Jr., a four-star Navy admiral and commander of Pacific
naval forces in Vietnam, conceded, "Until I enrolled at Episcopal, my
education had been constantly disrupted by the demands of my father's
naval
career, which required us to move so often that I lost track of the number
of schools I attended."
McCain arrived at Episcopal, a sprawling, private preparatory institution
in
the suburbs of Wa****ngton, D.C., in 1952.
On the Episcopal Web site, the High School, as it is known by students and
alumni, describes EHS in the 1950s as an all-boys school with 240 students
22 faculty members and "annual tuition was $1,400."
"I arrived [at Episcopal] a pretty rambunctious boy, with a little bit of
a
chip on my shoulder," McCain, now the presumed Republican nominee for
president said Tuesday. "I was always the new kid, and was accustomed to
proving myself quickly at each new school as someone not to be challenged
lightly."
Indeed, McCain won none of the honors that might be expected of a future
presidential contender.
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