Kurt Cobain
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Washington. Aberdeen is on the west coast and is about 108 miles southwest of
Seattle. Aberdeen is a dreary place with about seven feet of rain a year. Kurt
was born to Mrs. Wendy Cobain and to Mr. Donald Cobain. Wendy was a homemaker.
She had a very tight bond with Kurt. He was her first born. She had another
child three years after she had Kurt. Her name was Kim. Donald was a mechanic.
He was very into sports. He often tried to push Kurt into sports but Kurt just
didn't like them. Even though the Cobain's didn't have much they seemed to do
all right. Wendy dressed her children in the best clothes she could afford.
They always looked like the best dressed kids in Aberdeen.
Kurt was an extremely happy child. He would wake up everyday so happy. He was
always filled with joy and always had a smile on his face. Kurt once said his
upbringing could be described
as "white trash posing as middle class". His
mother told him to stay away from the poor kids. She said they were dirty. So
Kurt did and he also would beat the up. Then in 4th grade he realized he liked
them better. Around that time people started to notice that Kurt was very good
in art. Most of Kurt's friends didn't really like things like art and music.
He loved these things so much he stopped making friends because he was different.
Kurt was not such a health kid. His whole life he suffered chronic bronchitis.
At age of seven he was diagnosed hyperactive. He was put on Ritalin. This
seemed to make him stay up until four in the morning. They soon put him on
sedatives. This did not work either. They made him fall asleep in school.
Doctors told Wendy to try subtracting sugar and Red Dye #2 from his food. This
was the...
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