User:SkyBlueCat/Drafts/Luka Magnotta
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Early Life
Luka Magnotta was born Eric Clinton Kirk Newman in Scarborough on July 24, 1982, where he was also raised. He was born to Anna Yourkin and Donald Newman as one of the eldest of three kids; he was named after Clint Eastwood and Kirk Douglas, who are Magnotta's father's favorite actors. Magnotta were born in the father's basement, including his brother Conrad and sister Melissa. Magnotta's parents later bought a home in Bethany, Ontario, where they lived and raised their children there.
His mother dropped out of high school at grade 9 and later met Magnotta's father when he was 10th grade. His father is a factory worker who has suffered from schizophrenia since 1994, and his mother is a writer who is obsessed with cleanliness and often wears surgical masks. Magnotta stated that both had health and drinking problems. Magnotta and his little brother were homeschooled by their mother while their father was at work for support, until the grandparents insisted they be enrolled in school. The mother sometimes locks her children out of the car or out of the house and leaves their pet rabbits outside in the winter to freeze to death as she "wanted total control over them". Similarly, Magnotta had fears of his mother having "big red nails" and also described her tying his brother in a chair in his room "when he was bad."
His father was an abusive parent before the separation, but was never abusive to Magnotta. According to Magnotta, he stated that his father was quiet while drinking and loved playing video games with him. However, his mother rumored that her father threatened to kill her and would watch her with binoculars, which Magnotta did not want to believe. His father smoked and slept excessively. His father, at one point, was arrested and fired from his job for drinking at work. The family had then lost their house and moved out to their paternal grandparents' home. Right after, his parents separated when Magnotta was at age 9 or 10. His mother moved on with her children to a new apartment, along with her new boyfriend from Toronto, Leo.
Magnotta had no relationship with his brother Sibling. According to him, his brother was a "bad alcoholic" who was often arrested for drinking and driving, and he stood up for him when students teased him for looking "like a girl" at elementary, and being homophobic whenever he helped him in situation. Magnotta's sister Melissa later confirmed that Conrad had disclosed Magnotta's homosexuality "without his permission". From there, Magnotta became aware of having a relationship with his brother.
At age 16, Magnotta went to live with his grandmother, Phyllis, who felt "worried about him hearing things, speaking loudly, and feeling scared" most of the time and was described as a "mother figure" by Magnotta. The reason he is living with his grandmother is to escape from the psychological abuse of his mother's boyfriend. His grandmother took him to a psychiatrist in around 1999 after having concerns about him. Magnotta came to feel that his grandmother was a mother figure to him, as she had raised him correctly. She often dressed him in clothes, going everywhere with him, and slept with him when he was younger.
History of Education
Attending elementary & high school
Magnotta was enrolled in grade 6 at age 10 or 11, and had the ability to read and write at one point. He had a humiliating past at school, including being bullied by his students as they tried to ruin his hair, calling him a baby, and laughing at his clothes (as Magnotta's parents didn't have enough money to buy him clothes at Value Village). Magnotta would try to play nice by giving them a piece of chewing gum to make them stop. But instead, the students would still bully him. The class monitors would even be dismissive of him whenever he got into this situation. Apparently, Magnotta once threw a chair at a Grade 6 teacher. Although he was often bullied in school in the past, he now communicates with three other students who have a disability. Initially, Magnotta had been placed in the special education classes when he first attended school due to his inability to do math and reading. His mother also wanted to attend, but was dismissed because she was "thought to be intrustive."
After graduating from elementary school, Magnotta went to I.E. Weldon Secondary School, a high school located in Lindsay, Ontario. Magnotta began to lose touch with his brother, and he was never teased by him or the other kids again. However, Magnotta was completely unaware and tried to hide from the library at lunch, believing that everyone still hated him. Magnotta recalled that as he got older, his fear of communicating and being shy diminished. That happened when he started hanging out with troublemaking students. He had lower grades by the time he moved to regular schools and was in for most of the time. Magnotta sometimes would skip high school with his friend because he was not permitted by his mother to socalize a friend after school. He continued his education until he dropped out of grade 11 when he was around 17-years-old, due to his mental health. Magnotta stated that he was not "feeling well mentally. I had poor concentration. I was feeling sick and hearing things." He worked for an temporary agency.
When he was at a library in high school, he became very interested in Marilyn Monroe after discovering a book about her, and he wrote a book report about her. Magnotta had also felt that they were so much in common, including when she was abused and "she was sexual". In terms of Monroe using surgery to change her appearance, Magnotta thought that having a cosmetic surgery would help him "forget the past and incite people like him.". His family would also talk about Monroe, including his grandfather having a picture of her.
He also wrote a book report for school about Ava Gardner and Sharon Stone, the actors of his favorite film, Basic Instinct.[1]
Enrolled at Tyark College and University of Toronto
Mr. Magnotta attended Thompson Internet College when he was about 19 years old, trying to finish his high school degree. He lost interest after about four months. In 2007, he enrolled in an academic bridging program at the University of Toronto but dropped out after two weeks because he couldn't "understand any of it." He attempted to enroll in a real estate agent training program in 2010, but was denied admission because he lacked a grade 12 equivalency, "couldn't do makeup classes," and "couldn't concentrate."
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Occupational carrer (2001)
Magnotta first worked in the sandwich restaurant, but only lasted for 2 months due to complaints of his sandwich making. His mental illness made it difficult for him to work, including when he often stayed up late the night and the stress led him to quit jobs many times. Magnotta, who was 18 at that time, worked at a grocery store for less than a month before being fired. He worked at a Great Canadian Bagel restaurant until he quit again because he had too much stress for him to continue working. Magnotta also said that he was on "welfare and then began receiving Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) payments" at the age of 18 or 19 due to mental health issues. Magnotta had moved a few cities in his twenties, moving to New York city in 2008 before returning to Toronto in 2010.