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[quasigeostrophy]

Reminds me of how I got in trouble in first grade (yes, you read that correctly) for already being able to write in cursive, and doing so. Ah, the 70s suburban public school education...

Of course, this was the same first grade teacher who, upon getting my standardized test scores and observing my reading ability, arranged to send me across the hall to read with the third graders every day for most of that school year. Consistency? What's that?

ObSheesh: Sheesh.

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[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Oh how times have changed! They didn't call me on my cursive until 2nd grade :/

And I know what you mean about the consistency.. in kindergarten they wanted me to show 4th graders how to use scissors properly (??)

[city-glitter.livejournal.com]

Being verbally talented rules. When I was in the first grade I liked to bite other kids, because the teacher always threw up her hands and sent me to the sixth-grade room to read their literature textbooks. ;)

[krasota.livejournal.com]

In second grade, I was in the highest third-grade reading class. One day, our (second-grade) teacher was sick, so we had a sub. The sub decided to take us for a walk to the library to read for half an hour. Mind, whenever our teacher took us to the library, I was allowed to go wherever I wanted (It was open-air and had low stacks, though I was shorter than the stacks) and find a book more appropriate for me than the two sections with kiddie books.

The TA wouldn't let me leave the picture book section. She said, "Oh, no, you don't want to go over there. Those are big-kid books. Why don't you read some Dr. Seuss?

In a fit of disgust, I pulled a random Dr. Seuss book of the shelf and sat down to pout and read.

I have her to thank for my discovery of the Lorax--that was the book I grabbed. By the time my parents realized I could read, I was far beyond Dr. Seuss, so I'd never really been exposed to any of his books. I was so excited, I went up to her and said, "Wow, this is about the environment and how we should be more careful." She told me not to get so excited--it was just a kid's book.

I hope she's working at WalMart now.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Those are big-kid books.

Good grief.

I love The Lorax.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

I'm undyingly grateful to my KG teacher for letting me sit at the back and do whatever I wanted as long as I was quiet.