September 2007

Fire update

Posted on September 9, 2007 at 11:14 am in

As I continue to work on editing and revising my Fire Alarm Story for telling, I am thankful to all of my friends and colleagues for all of the suggestions that they have given me. Here is the latest update:

I was always the shortest kid of anyone my age. This was not a trait that I desired. My goal in life was to be tall enough to either look people in the eye or to look down on them. It didn’t have to be everyone, but I did want a higher perspective on life. Since I didn’t have any control over my genes as to how fast and far I was going to grow, I took the next best remedy by seeking ways to gain a higher perspective.

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Friend

Posted on September 5, 2007 at 1:09 pm in

Early in third grade a new student entered my class. He arrived with his mother.  Jay came from Israel and didn’t speak any English.  He did however have one word of English down pat, “NO!” Before even uttering a word to the teacher, Jay and his mother got into a heated conversation right in the front of the classroom. I, nor anyone in my class, could understand a word that he and his mother were conversing about.  She shouted at him in Hebrew. He responded loudly to her in Hebrew, emphasizing each statement with the word, “NO!”. That much we all understood
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