Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Bayanin: A lokacin da yake matashi, Dean ya nemi shawara da kuma abokantaka na wani fasto na Methodist na gida, Rev. James DeWeerd, wanda ya kasance yana da tasiri mai tasiri a kan Dean, musamman a kan abubuwan da ya sha'awa a gaba a cikin wasan bullfighting, tseren mota, da wasan kwaikwayo. In ji Billy J. Harbin, Dean yana da "dangantaka ta kusa da fasto, wadda ta soma a shekararsa ta ƙarshe a makarantar sakandare kuma ta ci gaba har shekaru da yawa". An ba da shawarar alaƙar jima'i da aka yi da su a cikin littafin Paul Alexander na 1994 Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Life, Times, and Legend of James Dean. A cikin 2011, an ba da rahoton cewa Dean ya taɓa amincewa da Elizabeth Taylor cewa wani minista ya yi lalata da shi kimanin shekaru biyu bayan mutuwar mahaifiyarsa. Sauran rahotanni game da rayuwar Dean sun kuma nuna cewa ko dai DeWeerd ya yi lalata da shi a matsayin yaro ko kuma yana da dangantaka ta jima'i da shi a matsayin matashi. Ayyukan Dean gaba ɗaya a makaranta sun kasance na musamman kuma ya kasance ɗalibi ne na musamman. Ya buga wasan baseball da kungiyar kwallon kwando ta jami'a, ya yi karatun wasan kwaikwayo, kuma ya yi gasa a cikin jama'a ta hanyar Indiana High School Forensic Association. Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Sakandaren Fairmount a watan Mayu 1949, ya koma California tare da karen sa, Max, don zama tare da mahaifinsa da mahaifiyarsa. Ya shiga kwalejin Santa Monica (SMC) kuma ya yi karatun digiri na farko. Ya canza zuwa UCLA na semester daya kuma ya canza babban aikinsa zuwa wasan kwaikwayo, wanda ya haifar da nisantar da mahaifinsa. Ya yi alkawarin shiga kungiyar Sigma Nu amma ba a taba shigar da shi ba. Duk da yake a UCLA, an zaɓi Dean daga cikin rukunin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo 350 don nuna Malcolm a cikin Macbeth. A wannan lokacin, ya kuma fara aiki a cikin bitar James Whitmore. A watan Janairun 1951, ya fice daga UCLA don bin aikin cikakken lokaci a matsayin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo.  Tambaya: Menene sunan karensa?
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