Messi and his school

As a kid, Messi went to "Escuela N°66 General Las Heras", located in Buenos Aires 4800 and extending to Azara 700 as well. There was also a park right next to the school called "Plaza José Hernández", where Messi used to go, and now has a mural of himself.

He wasn't the type of kid that liked to study, instead what he liked most were recesses where he could play football with his friends, his favorite activity. And so, he also excelled in PE, getting a 10 on it in 6th grade. He was also very shy. Overall, seeing his grades from 6th grade, he did great in PE, a good job in computers, music, and drawing, and a decent job in everything else. Although not excelling in everything, he managed to not fail any subjects.

Here are some pictures of Messi when he was at this school:

When he went to Spain, he studied at León XIII college in Barcelona. He was recalled to be shy and didn't do too well with the subjects. He ended up dropping out in his 4th year midway through to concentrate fully on becoming a footballer.

In 2005, he revisited his old school on July 9th, 2005 (Independence Day in Argentina). He met with some teachers (both from that time and that he had while he was a kid) and students, and he was certainly happy to see them and the school itself again. Here are some photos from that visit:

In summary, Messi didn't care too much school unless he played football, and he was shy as well. But even then, he had good grades in some subjects and focused in at least not failing his classes, which he didn't. I hoped you liked the information I gave in this entry, and as always, I'll see you in the next blog.