tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735499716586768250.post2129015798154474604..comments2024-03-26T04:24:28.114-07:00Comments on I Was Born Doing Reference Work In Sin: Sometimes You Can't ListenDustin Brookshirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921094348461306365noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735499716586768250.post-7092652652890289402008-11-25T21:56:00.000-08:002008-11-25T21:56:00.000-08:00btw, how 'bout Pearl Cleage in your Why I Write se...btw, how 'bout Pearl Cleage in your Why I Write series? Although she's not known for poetry, her plays are incredibly thought-provoking, and timely.Lisa Nanette Allenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263158091013515471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735499716586768250.post-56832699242007103132008-11-25T21:52:00.000-08:002008-11-25T21:52:00.000-08:00Dustin, I love Pearl Cleage--and have a coooool st...Dustin, I love Pearl Cleage--and have a coooool story about Oprah and the phone call I received concerning "What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day" and a letter I'd sent Oprah, regarding it.<BR/>Congrats on your A+ and not taking "no" for the answer!<BR/><BR/>Cleo, Good Lord--did that teacher EVER learn the truth? If not, I want her location, and name. I'm serious. I can't stand injustice!Lisa Nanette Allenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263158091013515471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735499716586768250.post-85686314376853098892008-11-22T23:38:00.000-08:002008-11-22T23:38:00.000-08:00This reminds me of my 6th grade teacher who on the...This reminds me of my 6th grade teacher who on the first week of class gave us that old "What I Did This Summer" assignment. It was unannounced and done in class, while she walked around the room. I thought I'd done pretty well but was shocked the next week to get a totally unmarked paper back, but one with a big "F" on it. I went up after class and asked her why she had failed me on the assignment. She told me that there was no way a sixth grader could have possibly written it, that I had obviously cheated. I pointed out that I really really loved to read and write, and then on top of that, that my Mom was a substitute teacher, my dad was on the school board and were big believers in education. That though I lived on a rural tobacco farm my Mom had always made sure we were the local bookmobile stop. That I read so veraciously that the bookmobile librarians always bought extra books just for me from their extra donatations of paperbacks. All to no avail, this teacher was far more willing to believe that a student had somehow figured out how to cheat on an unannounced, supervised, written in class assignment - than believe that a student could actually love to read and be able to write well.C. Cleo Creechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03989597067587583191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735499716586768250.post-21434716984029691692008-11-22T23:23:00.000-08:002008-11-22T23:23:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.C. Cleo Creechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03989597067587583191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735499716586768250.post-2956446322792213282008-11-21T23:22:00.000-08:002008-11-21T23:22:00.000-08:00Right on! Thanks, Dustin. I needed to remember n...Right on! Thanks, Dustin. I needed to remember not to listen today.Kelly Thompson https://www.blogger.com/profile/03632088803987813212noreply@blogger.com