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Friday, November 12, 2021

Friday Write - High School Stuff

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  English 10 


English 10 for my senior year 

Tenth grade teacher ordered wrong books 

My grade twelve I sat with sophomores 

Intense grammar, composition 


First year for teaching 

was "Miss P"  

I was her pet, suited me fine 

What I remembered wasn't much,  

"if I chewed gum then give her some" 


Infatuation was not shown 

Four years older than me her pet 

But did I learn what I was taught

College Comp 1 and 2--comped out 

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 - Prose Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2021. All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with Rommy for the inspiration hint, see below, at the Friday Writings #2, at https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2021/11/friday-writings-2-always-learning.html?m=1 

 - Rommy has suggested that we use a subject studied in school as inspiration, tickle our Muse, for writing this week.  I liked them all except for Math Statistics which needed a better refreshing of my Calculus.  

 - I chose Sophomore English which was delightful to me.  In college most of my writing papers received an "A", "B" was the lowest paper grade I received.

9 comments:

  1. Extra marks for being on topic. The lesson about sharing your gum with the people in charge shouldn't be necessary, strictly speaking, but it's still a useful one to bear in mind.

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  2. Four years ~~~ is nothing in matters of infatuation! Happy Weekend.

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  3. Ah yes, for some of us who excel at English, maths (and particularly statistics) is a very different story. Never mind, if I could choose, I'd still pick words over numbers.

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  4. I tested out of basic college English with no problem. Sometimes I think doing so was my only real accomplishment during my checkered years of higher education.

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  5. It's awkward for new teachers to teach students so close to their own age! At least you didn't get distracted too much to learn.

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  6. Young school marms are attracted to young boys in these times. Love the give me some gum line.

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  7. Kudos to you for not being distracted.
    I had some young teachers when I was in secondary school ( i think equivalent to your high school), but i was really struggling with my lessons, and not because of those young teachers. :)

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  8. “if I chewed gum then give her some" ... What a great rule!

    Awesome on getting ahead!

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  9. "i brought my pencil... give me something to write on" i remember being hot for a few of my teachers, made learning fun! enjoyed your poem jim

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