He was 11 when the Cultural Revolution was launched, at which time he left school to work as a farmer, and began to work in a cotton factory when he turned 18. (bookbrowse.com)
Bess went to college where he studied architecture, yet after a short time he left school and joined the army. (whitney.org)
«You took kids that were a cut below some of the five - star kids going other places, and by the time they left school here, they were bigger, faster and stronger than those other guys and they got 100 more reps a week than those other guys. (si.com)