Hilda, You are right. Miss Alford was not a teacher you wanted not to like you. I''ll never forget Jeff and Johnny because Miss Alford had us seated in alphabetical order, which should have been me, Jeff and then Johnny. But she wouldn't let them sit together , can't imagine why, so she put me between them. There was never a dull moment in her class! Jeff and Johnny had something going on all the time, and I was right in the middle! Needless to say I still "Don't Know Much about History".
E J, Bonnie, Bettye, Rosemary and Janice where are you? We miss you. I hope I didn't leave anyone out. If I did, we miss you, too. Does anyone ever hear from Lynn?
E J do you remember when you tried to teach me to drive?
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Renee,
Yes, of course, I remember trying to
teach you to drive I will write about that experience when I have more
time. Hopefully, tonight.
I still tell that story and always laugh..E.J. "turn the wheel"..
Renee..."I can't see the sun is in my eyes" ...then crash! More of this later. Love ya! EJ
Hilda, I do remember that class, what fun, but i also didn't retain any knowledge of history. It seems strange but thats now what I find most interesting reading.. Johnny and I were not the best of students...thats an understatement. I still remember when my daughters found my old KHS grades,very embarassing, but I still tell people that I graduated in the top 25 of my graduating class...I always try to put a positive spin on things. By they way, Johnny has two sons,one graduated from law school and the other is a vascular surgeon.... They didn't emulate Johnny's or my high school study habits.
Jeff
Wow! Sounds like Johnny's sons are doing quite well for themselves. Needless to say, history was not my subject either...don't know how I passed it.
Hey Jeff,
That was me, Renee, sitting between you two. One day I had just finished a test and you turned around and grabbed it off my desk. When I tried to get it back , you handed it to Johnny then he through it back to you and back and forth. I'm not sure which of you was nice enough to give it back to me. I don't know how we got away with all that, unless Miss Alford had left the room or she had turned off her hearing aid!
I don't think we did much foolishness in Mrs. Butler's or Mr. Price's classes. I remember Mrs. Butler giving Johnny a hard time. But we put poor Devon Sanders through the mill.
I haven't thought of these things in years. I can't believe I'm sitting here doing this when I have so much to do!
Renee
Renee, I know what you mean. I thought about sending Margaret a post telling her that she has created a monster. I find myself checking my computer constantly during the day to see if there are any new post. When friends call and ask me what I am doing I have one answer...sitting at the computer.
HCS
PS Mrs. Butler would be proud of my spelling. Some things never change.
Remee---I'm here!!! Just trying to get through those last HECTIC weeks of school. I have a class from HELL this year. First time in 22 years that I can say I am coming close to hating each one of them. Not really, but close. Will write more later. XXXXX Bonnie
Bonnie,
So good to hear from you. I know what teachers have to go through these days. Karen, my daughter has had many of the same experiences and so has my sister-in-law. We, Class of '62 joke about what we did in school but school is nothing like it is now. Teaches should get a Congressioanl Medal of hHonor just for showing up.
I'll be glad to hear from you when everything settles down.
I would like to get an update on you and your family.
Love,
Renee
You guys are so right. I hadn't thought about some of this stuff in years. I do however remember being terrified of Alford and Butler the first class I had with them, but I guess I was lucky. Being the kind of goody two shows for the most part they liked me. I studied for the history tests just to make a good grade, but it never took with me. Now I have all these regrets that I didn't retain more. I feel like an absoulte illiterate when it comes to history. English I did better in, but there were still many times when it was all about passing tests and not about learning.
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