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Growing Up Springfield was a documentary produced by and starring Declan Desmond.

Growing Up Springfield was started by Declan Desmond at Springfield Elementary School. He followed many of the students there from the age of eight, to the age of forty. Every eight years, Declan revisited the subjects of the documentary to see how their lives had changed.

At the age of eight, Eleanor Abernathy wanted to become a lawyer and a doctor, because a woman can do anything. At the age of 24, Eleanor had graduated from Harvard Medical and Yale Law schools. She had become a successful lawyer and doctor, often needing to perform both jobs on the same day. At age 32, Eleanor had become burned out from her double jobs. She had taken up drinking, which she did with her pet cat, Buster. Eleanor also mentioned that she might get a second cat. At the age of 40, Eleanor had become the Crazy Cat Lady and threw her cats at Declan as he was filming her...