Michael Jackson might have been the "most creative" and "best dressed" ... but he wasn't the "most likely to succeed" -- at least according to his high school classmates. An auction of MJ memorabilia took place yesterday in L.A. , including his 1976 high school yearbook from Cal Prep in Encino , CA . In the yearbook, Michael was voted pretty much what everyone would have expected -- best dressed, most creative, shyest -- but NOT most likely to succeed.
That honor was reserved for one Scott Ashdown -- who's probably a perfectly nice person, but we've never heard of him.
Even though success is relative and money isn't everything -- can we get a recount for MJ?
By MARIE-JOELLE PARENT www.torontosun.com
MJ的高中時代: 受女同學歡迎/清晨在車上趕作業
中文來源：mjjcn.com
翻譯：Rachel_Aries
VAN NUYS,加利福尼亞，一所不受狗仔打擾的封閉式私人學校：Montclair大學預備校。就是在這裏，MJ度過了他人生中短暫的一段身為正常少年的時光。
（學校介紹，不翻譯了）
建於1953年，這所學校擁有400名學生，大都是名人和富豪的子女。包括Cher和Sonny，Frank Sinatra和Aaron Spelling，Berry Gordy，史泰龍的子女，還有妮可裏奇。
不過這所學校最有名的學生還是邁克爾傑克遜。他於14歲那年入學，並待了兩個學年（8年級和9年級），他的父母希望他可以過上正常的生活。學費為5000美圓，換算到今天大概是$1萬6。
在那時，MJ已經是大明星了，但他從不顯露出來。
“他是個小超人，”學校校長Mark Simpson這樣描述，“他總是在開玩笑，並試圖表現得和其他孩子一樣。他那時候是個很快樂的小孩。一放學，他又立刻恢復到大明星的狀態。”小MJ是個好學生，具有好奇心，很受女同學歡迎。他也不介意偶爾為師生們表演一段舞步。
“邁克爾和其他學生一樣穿制服上學，但我們為他開了一點特例：他可以留長髮。”Simpson說。
MJ上學時總是被保鏢圍繞著，除了在課堂裏。“每天早上第一節課前一個小時，一輛雪佛萊會送他到學校”Simpson翻著1973年學校年書說，“他會先去找他的朋友Jon Blosdale，Jon會幫著他在車上趕作業。有時候Jon會躲著邁克爾，因為他的問題實在太多了。”年書上的MJ留著著名的非洲頭，臉上掛著微笑。和成年後的他大不相同。為什麼會這樣？
“我認為邁克爾從來沒有過童年生活，而他一直嘗試著為自己重塑一個童年。”Simpson說。
“他的父親Joe是個非常嚴厲的人，他一點也不給MJ喘息的機會。”Simpson回憶到，“有一次，邁克爾惹了點並不嚴重的麻煩，而Joe怒氣衝衝地來到學校辦公室沖邁克爾大喊大叫。你能看出來邁克非常怕他的父親，我叔叔（當時的校長）不得不親自到辦公室來讓他冷靜下來。”不過邁克爾和他的母親非常親密，“他把她視為偶像和聖人。”
Sun Media's Parent goes back to Michael Jackson's school
http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/music/ 2009/07/02 /9998076-sun.html
Sun Media’s Parent goes back to Michael Jackson’s school
VAN NUYS , CALIFORNIA — A gated private school hidden far from the view of the paparazzi. It was here, on the campus of the Montclair College Preparatory School , that Michael Jackson had a fleeting glimpse of the life of a normal teenager.
Montclair Prep, as it is known, is nestled in the San Fernando Valley in the middle of nowhere. From the outside, the school could be mistaken for a bunker. Visitors have to speak through an intercom before being let in. Once inside, it’s like being transported into an episode of Beverly Hills 90210.
Founded in 1953, the school has 400 students and has welcomed many children of the rich and famous. Cher fooled around with Sonny in the schoolyard here. Frank Sinatra Jr., Aaron Spelling’s kids and those of Berry Gordy, the father of the Motown label, all went to Montclair . Sylvester Stallone’s son (with his ever-present bodyguards) and Nicole Richie are all recent alumni.
However, their most famous student remains Michael Jackson. He came to the school when he was 14 and stayed two years (9th and 10th grade). His parents wanted him to have some semblance of a normal life. Tuition cost $5,000 back then and will set you back $16,000 today.
Jackson was already a star then, but he didn’t let it show.
“He was a super kid,” said the school’s principal, Mark Simpson. “He was always making jokes; he wanted to be like everyone else. He seemed happy back then. As soon as he left the school walls he went back to being the superstar.”
The young Jackson was a very good student, very curious and popular with the girls. He would even treat the school to some dance moves now and then.
“Michael wore a uniform like all the students, but we gave him a bit of freedom. He could have long hair,” Simpson said.
Michael Jackson attended Montclair College Preperatory School for Grades 9 and 10. (Marie-Joelle Parent/Sun Media)
The singer was constantly surrounded by his bodyguards, except while he was in class. “Every morning he was dropped off an hour before the start of classes by a chauffeur,” Simpson said while looking through the 1973 yearbook. “He would go and see his friend Jon Blosdale, who would finish his homework at the last minute in his car. Sometimes he had to chase Michael away because he would push all the buttons and ask too many questions.”
The yearbook shows a smiling Jackson with his famous afro mingling with the other students. A far different person than the one he would eventually become. So what happened?
“I think in all his life Michael never had a childhood. It looks like he tried to recreate a childhood for himself,” Simpson said.
He would be picked up every day after dinner to go rehearse with the Jackson 5.
“His father Joe Jackson was very strict — he didn’t give him any leeway,” Simpson noted. “One day, Michael got in trouble, not a big thing, but Joe Jackson came to the office furious and started yelling at him. You could see that Michael was very intimidated by his father. My uncle (who was the principal then) had to intervene to calm things down.”
But Jackson was very close to his mother Katherine. “He idolized her. She was the saint.”
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