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title: "3 Shortridge High Quotes by 1 author"
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> [Shortridge High School was an elitist high school. In a way it was a scandal because you could go there no matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/shortridge-high-school-was-an-elitist-high-school-in-a-way-it-was-a/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [ In those days great teachers at Shortridge \[High School\] were celebrities. I would look up to them. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/in-those-days-great-teachers-at-shortridge-high-school-were/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [This had been going on at Shortridge since 1906. My parents had also worked on the Shortridge Daily Echo. The way it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/this-had-been-going-on-at-shortridge-since-1906-my-parents-had-also/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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