Poetry You Say

The year our school studied diagramming sentences, the English teacher ran away with the Industrial Arts teacher. It was a huge scandal in our small community. The rest of the year we had an elderly substitute with little control of the classroom. It was bedlam. Unfortunately for me, he didn't teach much about sentence structure. I wish I had been blessed with a Sister Mary. BJ

I wish I had a teacher like that. I didn't find my love of words until my late 20's. I've spent the last 20 years learning the art of writing. I have a long way to go yet.
Mike

Hi Tom,
Wow, your story about Sister Mary Charles certainly took me back to the years in 6th and 7th grades when we were taught to diagram sentences on the chalkboard. Fortunately for me, this came very easily because I adored my middle school English teachers and wanted very much to make good grades in their classes. To this day, I silently thank them for a lesson well-taught, and the true joy of being called to the chalkboard to diagram the next sentence. I think it helped my penmanship, too, since I didn't want my classmates to see any sloppy writing coming from that piece of chalk in my hand!
Blessings,
Sandi in FL.

Hi Sandi, the girls always seemed to do better when it came to diagramming sentences. Try as I did, I could never escape a trip to the blackboard.

About penmanship: Sister, used to sing-song, " Round and Round and Round we go, making circles all in a row."
We practised the Palmer Method of Penmanship...even got a fancy certificate for that effort. Take care. Tom

Hi again, Tom,
In response to your mention of the Palmer method regarding penmanship, I'm familiar with that. My 6th grade teacher started us students off each morning with penmanship lessons. For me it was such fun filling every line on the page with "ovals and push-pulls" in alternating rows, to the sound of her walking up and down each section of desks. That was the first school year we got to use ink pens. We 11 and 12 year olds thought we were so grown-up and fancy!
The memory is a good thing, and your writings stir up so many. Thank you for that.
Sincere blessings,
Sandi in FL.