 Middle school and high school Grandin attended Beaver Country Day School from seventh grade to ninth grade. She was expelled at the age of 14 for throwing a book at a schoolmate who had taunted her. Grandin has described herself as the "nerdy kid" whom everyone ridiculed. She has described occasions when she walked down the hallways and her fellow students would taunt her by saying "tape recorder" because of her habit of repetitive speech. Grandin states, "I could laugh about it now, but back then it really hurt."%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% The year after her expulsion, Grandin's parents divorced.
<coherence>  Middle school and high school Grandin attended Beaver Country Day School from seventh grade to ninth grade. She was expelled at the age of 14 for throwing a book at a schoolmate who had taunted her. Grandin has described herself as the "nerdy kid" whom everyone ridiculed. She has described occasions when she walked down the hallways and her fellow students would taunt her by saying "tape recorder" because of her habit of repetitive speech. Grandin states, "I could laugh about it now, but back then it really hurt."%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% The year after her expulsion, Grandin's parents divorced.
 %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% The year after her expulsion, Grandin's parents divorced.