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wear suits and ties. Strict rules required them to rise and stand when
their teachers entered the classroom. Despite the rules at school,
Donald was becoming an unruly boy; he threw rocks at the chil-
dren next door and threatened to call the police when their ball ac-
cidentally bounced into his yard. At Kew-Forest, Donald was called
“Donny,” “the Trumpet,” and “Flat Top” for his striking blond pom-
padour. He made himself the center of attention, cracking jokes, in-
terrupting his teachers, and throwing spitballs. His teachers quickly
learned that he was headstrong and determined. In his 1987 best
seller,
Trump: The Art of the Deal,
Trump wrote that in second grade
he punched his music teacher, giving him a black eye because he
did not think he knew anything about music. Another teacher, Ann
Trees, described Donald: “He would sit with his arms folded, with
Published in 1987, Donald
Trump’s book
Trump: The Art
of the Deal
sold more than 1
million copies and was on the
New York Times
best seller
list for fty-one weeks. The
book details Trump’s business
philosophy and provides insight
into his life at that time.
