re; send in school memories--ok, here is one from me. To keep from making anybody mad, (ha ha) I will put only the initial of my teacher. It's a funny story though so hope u enjoy it! ..........."FALLing Leaves" ........ As the leaves start changing color and falling to the ground, it takes me back to a time when I was in school...Our class assignment was to bring in different leaves and tell the names of them. I had one leaf that little did I know was going to bring me lots of grief! Miss B. was one of those "know it all" teachers and couldn't wait to find a way to correct anyone she came in contact with. On that fateful day, she decided to pick me..thrill....So, she picks up one of the leaves I had brought in and shows it to the class. Then she asks me the name of it. I said "shoemake". She laughed and said "No, you are wrong". I said "No, that's what my Mama said it was and she does not lie". Miss B. got that gleam in her eye (like the wicked witch from "The Wizard of Oz") and I knew she was up to her old bag of tricks. I could just hear her saying "Don't be afraid, my pre-e-e-e-ty", (just like in the movie--but this wasn't a movie....it was real life aka school and she had found a new carcass to pick the bones of...and it was me! So, as she keeps the gleam in her eye for the whole class to see, she picks up the dictionary and says "Nelson, I want you to find this "shoemake" in the dictionary". Little did I know that it was not to be found....no leaf in there by the name of shoemake! So, after I hunt and hunt, she says "Aha! You didn't find it, DID you? And the REASON you didn't find it? Because there IS NO TREE by the name of shoemake so there IS NO LEAF from a shoemake....it is SUMAC!" So, when I got home I was so mad because she had tried to make a liar out of me (or so it seemed to me!). I couldn't wait to tell Mama what she had done! I figured Mama would be as mad as I was but to my surprise she laughed! She said "Yes, we always called it shoemake but sumac is the proper name". (Our family never was worried too much about proper anyway...we were just down to earth people.) So, since Mama wasn't mad, I didn't figure I had a reason to be mad anymore. She always remembered this story though and got a good laugh out of it. I think really she was just proud that I stood up to that teacher--even if I was wrong in the process!

Oh how funny , that does remind me of one about our oldest daughter -- She started to school in another state, but had made numerous trips to Tn to visit the relatives. While in Kindergarten for her first week of school, her teacher asked if any of the children spoke a different language. She raised her hand and said she could speak Tennessean. Needless to say we got a phone call from a very hysterically laughing kindergarten teacher. Now where she came up with this we have no idea and never figured it out, but now she has graduated from college with her third degree, (we call her our professional student) we keep asking her what she used for her foreign language requirement-- LOL -- She still turns red. I better not tell the tales I know about her Daddy's school day adventures though :-) Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] school days | re; send in school memories--ok, here is one from me. To keep from | making anybody mad, (ha ha) I will put only the initial of my teacher. | It's a funny story though so hope u enjoy it! ..........."FALLing | Leaves" ........ As the leaves start changing color and falling to the | ground, it takes me back to a time when I was in school...Our class | assignment was to bring in different leaves and tell the names of them. | I had one leaf that little did I know was going to bring me lots of | grief! Miss B. was one of those "know it all" teachers and couldn't wait | to find a way to correct anyone she came in contact with. On that | fateful day, she decided to pick me..thrill....So, she picks up one of | the leaves I had brought in and shows it to the class. Then she asks me | the name of it. I said "shoemake". She laughed and said "No, you are | wrong". I said "No, that's what my Mama said it was and she does not | lie". Miss B. got that gleam in her eye (like the wicked witch from "The | Wizard of Oz") and I knew she was up to her old bag of tricks. I could | just hear her saying "Don't be afraid, my pre-e-e-e-ty", (just like in | the movie--but this wasn't a movie....it was real life aka school and | she had found a new carcass to pick the bones of...and it was me! So, as | she keeps the gleam in her eye for the whole class to see, she picks up | the dictionary and says "Nelson, I want you to find this "shoemake" in | the dictionary". Little did I know that it was not to be found....no | leaf in there by the name of shoemake! So, after I hunt and hunt, she | says "Aha! You didn't find it, DID you? And the REASON you didn't find | it? Because there IS NO TREE by the name of shoemake so there IS NO LEAF | from a shoemake....it is SUMAC!" So, when I got home I was so mad | because she had tried to make a liar out of me (or so it seemed to me!). | I couldn't wait to tell Mama what she had done! I figured Mama would be | as mad as I was but to my surprise she laughed! She said "Yes, we always | called it shoemake but sumac is the proper name". (Our family never was | worried too much about proper anyway...we were just down to earth | people.) So, since Mama wasn't mad, I didn't figure I had a reason to be | mad anymore. She always remembered this story though and got a good | laugh out of it. I think really she was just proud that I stood up to | that teacher--even if I was wrong in the process! | | | | | | | | | | ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== | *********************************************************************** | PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, | requests for help, and other genealogical related information | that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a | possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no | soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. | Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . | Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ | *********************************************************************** | | ============================== | Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the | last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx | |