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Show Albert Freshman 6-2 p.17 L How did yo Lteach them. A I had all kinds of games for them where they'd learn and those who were advanced and could do their work well, perfectly really in many cases, had the chance to go and play the games. I had timers where they could do things themselves and they had answer sheets and they had all kindsof games. I had mimeorgraphed material. My mother used ot help with the mimeograph, used to run it off. And I used to work to 12 or 1 o'clock every night, bcause just think of the papers we had to correct. I did have -- I had them change papers, part of the timend correct each others. But before a child went home ~or me he corrected every mistake ~ he made on that day's work. So I worked withrn(m. Pracitcally tutoring 7him evry recess every noon and every after school. L Where did this drive come from. A I guess it was a desire that~u had to do things right. I guess I was taught that way. Taught to be conscientious. Andi thought that they should know these things--they'd have to know that 5 and 6 are 11 and not 10 or 12. So it had to be perfect. But I managed, I don't know. I think Ig at probably inherited from my mother, a=eFat~ve creative ways of doing things.that were fun. So we had grocery stores and play moeny, we learned how to count chage, more that ~~ alot of hte people ~oday if the computer doesn't work when ~you give them money, they can't seem to count the change. And these were just grade school students. And we were tested - in those days. They had standard tests and the principal is the only one allowed to give them. L The principal gave the tests. A They were standardize ~ests and she was the only one allowed to give them and if I ' V you went into ¢~ her ~fice on one of those days, she'd say, get out of here! and it would scare me to ee~h= death being the timid soul that I was. And if one would catch a cold as teacher's occasionally did, she would make you feeel so guilty that you caught a cold that I ~A~Ak=~he=sehee~±= came to schoolwith mustard plasters on my chest sometimes rather than be absent. But in ten years, yJ.;._ my first ten years of teaching, I was just abeent 1/2 day for«~ funeral ~r( my uncle. L You lived at home, you stayed at home. how come? A Yes, I told you, I guess they treated me too well for one thing and secondly, I think I loved my folks very much and they never asked me to get out or said anything about why I didn't. And I was very hapy, just the way I was very happy acting differently than other kids who went through the teen age problems, I didn't have any.I don't know if I was a tteenager really.! didn't do alot of things a ~eenager does. I ~'teem to know any better because the girls I went with were trained the same way. So in my circle of friends, we weren't ~i~ unsual. But I also, as I said. took resoonsbi 1 i t.Y for m.v mother, who was the one that a 1 ready get out of |
