Kenneth G. Anderson 2906 May Street Eau Claire, WI 54701 715-839-8470 www.mayberryreflections.com[email protected]
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Having been an elementary teacher for 36 years I can understand how Miss
Crump may have made a mistake in transposing her grades, but she made a far
bigger mistake in not telling Andy about it herself. To simply call Opie up
to her desk in front of all the other students and tell him he didn't get
the A's was certainly not very compassionate nor professional of her. After
all, Opie had done nothing wrong and he certainly should not have had to be
the one to tell his father about it. I made a similar mistake once when I
put a wrong grade on a report card. Somehow the cards got out of order and
I put the wrong grade on one. Fortunately it wasn't such a drastic mistake
as an F instead of an A. But when I noticed my mistake I immediately called
the parents to apologize and explain now it had happened. They were very
understanding. I like to believe that the real Helen Crump would not have
done such a thing, but she had no control of the situation. After all she
was being paid to follow the script. And besides that, she may have been
under the influence of my friend the Count.
