I remember going to Yellowstone National Park for a family reunion. We stayed in some of the cabins and were playing baseball in the parking lot till a buffalo decided to walk through our game and we all hid behind the cars.
They’d set up radios between the bigger vans so as we drove around we could keep in contact. My mom got on the radio at one point and started giving a “tour” pointing out that on your left you’d see a large tree and on your right were several rocks.
We saw several geysers and wild animals, more than just the buffalo that wanted to play baseball.
It was either first or second grade (which means either I was 6 or 7) when I remember a teacher sitting a trouble student next to me for the first time. It became a regular occurrence and by sixth grade I’d realized I could use that to my advantage and do things and the teacher, who would be expecting it from the boy next to me, would blame him. He was one of a twin and I remember he had a bald spot on the side of his head where his brother had yanked his hair out.
It was also that year that I cheated on a spelling test. The teachers went through a lot of effort to cover the spelling words that might be on posters or bulletin boards in the classroom. But that week one of the words was “pencil” and during the test I realized that that word was actually on my pencil so I copied it from there. :pencil:
I am an educator and PhD. I quilt, belly dance, run, read, and try to grow things. I am a Mormon. I am infertile. I am a daughter, sister, aunt, grand-daughter, friend, wife, and mom.
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🙂 I remember the twin boy. He was a handful. I remember the Yellowstone trip. That was lots of fun. And I had no idea about the pencil and the spelling test. :pencil: 😀
I love Yellowstone, we used to go there a lot and my Dad would feed the bears.
Cheaters never prosper. This why to this day whenever you want to spell pencil you have to peek. :brett:
I had teachers sit problem students next to me too. I even got stuck at a problem table (configuration of 4 desks) in 4th grade. I think this still has something to do with why I don’t love group work in school.
PS – LOVE the layout this month. Adorable pictures!
Thanks! I put the pictures together for my birthday but didn’t use them. They fit great for this month.
My dislike of group works has to do with the fact that pretty much all the group work I’ve ever done missed one of the two requirements for group work to work – individual accountability. Without that, group work breeds social slackers.