I want to pay tribute to wonderful people I have known, the wonderful country in which I live, the communities in which I have lived, the churches who have claimed me as their own, the God who sends shivers down my back when I really give him a portion of my time—well, maybe not shivers but tears flow easily in some of those most priceless times.
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JUNIOR HIGH, 1984
This was a big payoff for my time spent looking for Sammy’s birth certificate, which turned out to be in his bedroom! Anyway, I found this memory – somewhat of a victory for me from my 8th grade reading lab, … Continue reading
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Tagged junior high, school, teaching
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HEART STRINGS – Part 2
To my Children from Decades Past: It is comforting to believe some of you remember me. Teachers have egos too. As I said in Part 1, I remember also. I wish it were not so but I admit to remembering … Continue reading
HEART STRINGS – Part 1
School has started. Does a teacher ever not take notice of that fact as the Septembers roll along? The following blog was posted three years ago. Join me in my memories. ************ To my Children in Decades Past: What a … Continue reading
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Tagged children, love, memories, retired, school, teachers
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SCHOOL DAYS,…OH, THOSE GOLDEN RULE DAYS…
…READING AND ‘RITING, AND ‘RITHMETIC, TAUGHT TO THE TUNE OF A HICKORY STICK…The drawing above is one my mother drew, a one-room school house on the prairie. Mom went to school there in the 1920’s; I went there 1945-46, I … Continue reading
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Tagged busy work in school, cheating, education, Lone Star School, mentor, mom's drawing, one-room school, school
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