When I was in grade school (a French-language convent school in Edmonton) they used to let me go help the librarian, for hours on end sometimes. I am not really sure why in retrospect; I was learning French from scratch at the time. Possibly this was during English class? Anyway, I went all through Nancy Drew and a lot of the classics in this period. I think I was in grade three when I read A Tale of Two Cities.
Dana On 10/7/05, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cameron Childress wrote: > > During the 5th or 6th grade I read all the Hardy Boys Mystery books in > > the entire School Library - about one per day for a long time. My > > favorite was accidentally bound upside-down and it always looked funny > > when I read it during class. My teachers always thought I was reading > > someone else inside the book. One teacher in particular (the teacher > > I hated more than any other in my entire school career) was a real > > bitch about it, accusing me very loudly in front of the class of lying > > to her and making a huge deal about it. After shouting at me for 3 or > > 4 minutes She finally got off her lazy ass and walked over to look at > > the book. No apologies from her - bitch. > > Heh. I read all of those around 3rd or 4th grade. My Book-It > requirements were double or more what the other kids in the class had to > read. On the other hand, I was reading 2 Hardy Boys books a week, and 1 > was enough to cover it. > > I don't recall ever getting accused of lying like that, except in > Kindergarten by a substitute. She told me I couldn't read, and told me > to demonstrate. So I started reading posters on the wall. She then > told me "You just memorized what the words look like!" By then I was > terrified, but remember thinking, "How do you do it?" > > --Ben > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176484 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
