My daughter had the same experience, except we had just moved to Tennessee from California. She couldn't understand the accent, so she thought they were speaking a foreign language. They didn't understand her either. She actually got spanked her very first day of school. We moved to Guild a couple of weeks after school had started. The other children had learned not to talk during learning time, but she hadn't been to school yet, so she was pretty excited. The teacher met with a very "excited" mother the next morning when she arrived at school, too. In California the teachers do not spank children. I wouldn't have been so upset, but I didn't think it was fair on her very first day. Didn't get her started too well, she didn't want to go back. 8-( --- macbetty <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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