School days school days..
The
neighborhood quiets down.. The laughter
and yelling of children.
The barking
of dogs as the children run from one house to another.
All kinds of different classes …different than my days..
We didn’t
have new math.. And some other titles I don’t remember because I had not a clue
what they are.
We had… the
difference between MAY and CAN… did your teacher teach you that in English? I
was in high school when I learn that little lesson.. Teachers use to love pulling that one over us
kids..
The use of
may or can… when dealing with asking for
the possession of an item. Do you
know? I had my English teacher pull it
on me.. I had asked .. “can have that
pencil?” She said yes, but when I went
to pick it up, she put her hand over it. I didn’t understand, after all she
just told me I could have it… well, I
guess she didn’t… because I did not ask if I could have possession.. but asked
if it was possible. Confused yet? I sure was..
She explain to me that asking if I can have it.. and she had said yes.. that it meant that I had the ability to take
it.. but not the permission.. Had I wanted the possession of it .. I should have said.. MAY I have that pencil.. She said people confuse the two.. I know I was sure confused… even when I went
back to my desk with that said pencil.
She was a great teacher.. I am not going to tell you that she was my
favorite, as she wasn’t… But I understood after the fact.. Even though she had warned us at the
beginning of our senior year.. As she
walked around the class room…. telling us, we better be paying attention to her
classes.. That this was our last go
around. And she said “I sure don’t want
to hear out of your mouths 5 or more years from now, … “oh, Mrs. Clark, I sure
wish I had paid more attention in your class. I have heard that so many
times.. I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT FROM
YOU. I want you to pay attention NOW..
do you hear me? She listened.. and
repeated.. DO YOU HEAR ME? Good, now
lets get started.”
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