tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114307744147144762.post5208342185525629655..comments2023-07-08T06:45:37.946-06:00Comments on Penrose Mornings: Blood Family Blog: September Beginnings: Chapter 1 Minnie, Part 2Dwighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174492647465668322noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114307744147144762.post-46173632119923169722008-05-08T12:07:00.000-06:002008-05-08T12:07:00.000-06:00One of my favorite stories about Mother and teachi...One of my favorite stories about Mother and teaching happened when I moved back to Penrose with my brood of 5 in January of 1968. Pat was in the 4th grade, and he soon found some buddies to be with during recess time. Mother was on playground duty one day, and his friends told him that she was very strict. Pat said that he bet he could go give her a hug, and they dared him. He ran over, gave her a big hug, she hugged him back, and his new friends were in awe of him the rest of the year. A fellow teacher told me that he had never seen a school board feel so sad at losing a teacher when Mother's resignation letter was read during a school board meeting in the spring of 1968. She was respected by children and parents alike. I always thought I got my teaching contract in Powell because of her reputation.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14728351230605312730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114307744147144762.post-70748184639397241792008-05-08T10:05:00.000-06:002008-05-08T10:05:00.000-06:00You describe Mother so well - and you write about ...You describe Mother so well - and you write about her in a way that makes her so close. I look forward to tomorrow's episode. <BR/>I do remember how nervous Mother would be on the first day of a new school year. We rode back and forth to school together during my last years at home. Her strongest hopes were that her students would like her and that she would be able to teach them what they needed so they would have the best foundation possible for the next year. She was always teaching, whether it was at home (correcting our grammar, etc.), in the classroom or at Church. What a legacy she left us.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652616779595499610noreply@blogger.com