Favorite teacher , just for fun

My 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Manier. She put up with my shenanigans and alerted my parents to my learning disabilities.

I had horrible handwriting, so one day took my friends writing tablet, erased his name from the front, and put my name in his place. No memory what I did with my own tablet, but either way, Mrs. Manier was no dummy, and knew what I did! My friend, who was still a friend as an adult, still had great handwriting!

Everyone thought I was such a great reader, which in 1st grade back in the 60’s wasn’t required. Turns out I was just memorizing what I had heard and had a very small sight word recall. Spent years with a readying tutor, that wasn’t as helpful as it should have been. If I had had Mrs. Manier in 2nd or 3rd grade, she would have given me the help I needed.

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