Baltimore
Russell and his mother and sister moved as a family for the last time to Baltimore. They moved into an apartment of their own for the first time since his father died. In Baltimore Russell reached his teenage years, and a time that was rather awkward for him. He had to sell newspapers, something that he hated, but his mother made him. When he reached high school he was given the opportunity to go to City College. This was a high school for the elite that prepared them to continue on into universities after high school. Russell loved it, and soon he by passed his mother's meger school teacher's education. This put yet another riff in their relationship. Soon after this Lucy married Herb without any discussion about it with her children.
Shortly after the marriage they moved out of the apartment into a house of their own, finally. Russell graduated high school and did not know what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. He knew secretly that he wanted to be a writer but he did not think he would be able to. Through a friend , he heard that Johns Hopkins offered a scholarship if he passed a test. So Russell went to the campus and took the test not expecting anything. A couple of weeks later he got a letter in the mail saying that he passed and was accepted into Johns Hopkins. Around this time the US had been apart of World War II for seven months. Shortly after his first semester he knew he needed to enlist like so many of his classmates were doing. So he enlisted into the Navy.
Shortly after the marriage they moved out of the apartment into a house of their own, finally. Russell graduated high school and did not know what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. He knew secretly that he wanted to be a writer but he did not think he would be able to. Through a friend , he heard that Johns Hopkins offered a scholarship if he passed a test. So Russell went to the campus and took the test not expecting anything. A couple of weeks later he got a letter in the mail saying that he passed and was accepted into Johns Hopkins. Around this time the US had been apart of World War II for seven months. Shortly after his first semester he knew he needed to enlist like so many of his classmates were doing. So he enlisted into the Navy.