Okay, boys and girls. Here's one to see how much you retain of our high school educations (and to encourage more class participation, which, incidentally, Mrs. Piper would have loved).Question Part A: What was the book we had to read in Mrs. Piper's Junior English class? Hint: the author is depicted in this post.
Question Part B: How many people read the whole thing? (I'll 'fess up first. I didn't. Sorry, Mrs. Piper...)
Okay Cathy,
ReplyDeleteWe all didn't have "Would You Please" Piper for junior English but I think we all read the same books. My guess--A Tale of Two Cites. No, I did not read all of it. I will throw back a question. We read Lord of the Flies senior year. What is a main mistake/error in the plot of the book. I brought this up to Mrs. Flowers and she told me "The author would not have made such a mistake." One hint, if my memory is correct Jim Luckett had better get the answer right.
Come on People, lets have a little fun here. There has got to be more than a handfull of us who mess with computers. Some body else ask a question.
You win the prize, Mike. I'm not sure what the prize is....
ReplyDeleteI had completely forgotten "Would You Please!" What I DO remember are the weekly (?) vocabulary lists and some of the interesting pronunciations. =)
Also that she was one of those teachers who didn't want to be our pal, but did intend that we learn the material - like it or not. I now remember her warmly, even though there were plenty of days that I dreaded walking into that class.
And wasn't she the only teacher who addressed us all by our last names? (or did I dream that?)
Cathy,
ReplyDeleteMrs. Piper might have called most people by their last name, but NOT me. She called me "Ritta" the whole year. This was one of her interesting pronunciations.
As for "A Tale of Two Cities"...I am appalled that you and Mike didn't read the whole book. I read every last word of it...yeah, right! There's no lightning in Bowling Green today, so I feel safe in saying this.
That was the first time I discovered the wonder of Cliff Notes. I felt like a criminal reading them, but my fear of Mrs. Piper was worse than my fear of a life of crime, apparently. =)
ReplyDeleteWhen I read this earlier, I recalled having really been blasted and yelled at for an absolutely terrible book review I gave my freshman year. I initially thought that it was for Mrs. Piper's class but today I reconnected wth the brain cells that reminded me it was actually Mrs. Rector that taught that class.
ReplyDeleteAny Mrs. Rector stories.
Yes, Rita, I fondly remember....
"CHAPMAN, woodja' please ....."
Lloyd
Hey Lloyd!
ReplyDeleteOh!!!!. The one and only Mrs. Rector! How could I possibly forget how she blessed me out for my book report of "Gone With the Wind."
I don't think anyone was successful in evading her wrath. She was determined to blast each of us at least once during the year. Is there anyone out there who escaped her fury?
She informed me that my sweet little smile would get me nowhere. She was right! Oh well, fond memories...
Mrs. Rector is part of a recurring dream that I had a lot during college and still have from time to time - I think it's a pretty common one. Where it's a few days before graduation and I suddenly remember there was a class I was supposed to have been taking, but not only have I not taken it, I can't remember exactly where it is. Do you know that dream? In my dream, it's always the old high school and it's always Mrs. Rector's class.
ReplyDeleteAnd for some reason, I think I escaped being a direct target, but I always thought I might be next, so I still lived in fear. Maybe knowing Hazel was downstairs in the basement gave her pause....??
I remember Freshman English with Mrs. Rector. She was teaching one day and I can't seem to remember what was said but she got all upset and stormed out of the room and as she was leaving she commented that we could all just cut up and whoop-te-do all we wanted. She slammed the door and the minute the door shut Mike Burchett shouted whoop-te-do. I think she eventually came back and finished class but I remember that happening.
ReplyDeleteI never had any problem with her or Mrs. Piper. I was always a bit afraid of them both and tried to be very inconspicuous.