<p>Jada is a graduate of my D’s high school and she didn’t complete the program, reportedly because (according to school gossip:)) she loathed/absolutely hated the isolated nature of NCSA. She allegedly phoned one of her former teachers a few weeks into freshmen year and said she couldn’t stand being there in the middle of nowhere. She apparently grew up in a very urban area of Baltimore, so I would guess that it was culture shock … In any case, I should add (in case any of that sounded negative) that JPS and her husband recently donated $$$ to the school and have a black box theater named after them, in honor of another alumnus, Tupac Shakur, who was a friend of Jada’s. Of course, the kids don’t use the black box’s proper name, as no one feels like saying “Hey, meet you at the Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith Black Box Theatre in Honor of Tupac Shakur.” :)</p>