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On the first day of first grade he could only count to six.
Second grade found him in speech therapy and he still couldn't
subtract. In that year he was given an IQ test which came out
extremely low, much lower than people would have anticipated
which didn't jive with outward appearances. If it were a school
in the twenty-first century they would immediately have spotted
a learning disability. Those disability show glaringly on his
fourth grade report card with so many extremes in the grading.
1962 was the dawn of the “Franchise” era. There were now
nearly 20 Brown’s Chicken Restaurants throughout the
Chicagoland. But unknown to the Brown family, their success
would put them in a collision course with the reality of,
“Nothing personal. Just business.”
By the seventh grade Fred Leo still wasn’t learning in school
as demonstrated by his written homework at right. He was
now beginning to rebel against authority and fell in with a bad
crowd but professes to this day, “I never did any drugs.”
Regardless, he was labeled a punk. His father on the way out
the door one day said, “All your friends are losers and I guess
it is true when they say birds of a feather flock together.”
Second grade found him in speech therapy and he still couldn't
subtract. In that year he was given an IQ test which came out
extremely low, much lower than people would have anticipated
which didn't jive with outward appearances. If it were a school
in the twenty-first century they would immediately have spotted
a learning disability. Those disability show glaringly on his
fourth grade report card with so many extremes in the grading.
1962 was the dawn of the “Franchise” era. There were now
nearly 20 Brown’s Chicken Restaurants throughout the
Chicagoland. But unknown to the Brown family, their success
would put them in a collision course with the reality of,
“Nothing personal. Just business.”
By the seventh grade Fred Leo still wasn’t learning in school
as demonstrated by his written homework at right. He was
now beginning to rebel against authority and fell in with a bad
crowd but professes to this day, “I never did any drugs.”
Regardless, he was labeled a punk. His father on the way out
the door one day said, “All your friends are losers and I guess
it is true when they say birds of a feather flock together.”
| School Years page one of two |
1959: Success of the restaurant became a family
priority and since it was only a stone’s throw from their
back door, it became a second home. Sales at Brown’
s Fried Chicken were growing by leaps and bounds.
On Mother’s Day that year they sold 2,200 chickens.
priority and since it was only a stone’s throw from their
back door, it became a second home. Sales at Brown’
s Fried Chicken were growing by leaps and bounds.
On Mother’s Day that year they sold 2,200 chickens.
In the morning before school, Fred Leo clean the
parking lot. After school he did an array of
chores including emptying garbage, peeling
potatoes, pack chicken and sorting giblets. He
shelled shrimp until his hands would bleed. His
threshold for pain was growing along with his
work ethic but at a price. With everyone too busy
to guide him he was on his own and he found
school the perfect place to catch up on sleep.
parking lot. After school he did an array of
chores including emptying garbage, peeling
potatoes, pack chicken and sorting giblets. He
shelled shrimp until his hands would bleed. His
threshold for pain was growing along with his
work ethic but at a price. With everyone too busy
to guide him he was on his own and he found
school the perfect place to catch up on sleep.
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