People are being very thankful today on Facebook, which is nice.
One of my friends gave a shout out to high school teachers, and I couldn’t agree more!
I attended public school, and even during my high school years, my teachers easily spent half of their time disciplining students. Corporal punishment was still enforced back in my day, so lots of students were sent to the principal to get ‘licks.’
But some of the more creative teachers took a different route.
My personal favorite?
I had an English teacher who would stick a kid who was misbehaving behind the bookcase and make them stand there for the rest of the class.
Yep. This actually happened.
One kid — who shall remain nameless — stuck his arms and legs through the shelves and turned the bookshelves over on the rest of the classroom.
Come to think of it — that was the last time I saw her use that method.
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The book box
There is a box of books in the back of my closet. I pull them out when I’m feeling nostalgic, or need a quick, lunch time read —
My mom’s old Harlequin romance novels by Janet Dailey.
I read them over and over when I was younger…can still quote some of them even today. That’s why I could never give them away.
I read that Janet Dailey died earlier this week at age 69 following complications from heart surgery. It’s the end of an era for romance publishing.
Time to pull out the box. Her words will live forever.
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