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Self-fulfilling Prophecy

Posted in dating, English, high school, Home Ec, humor, Iowa, memoir, middle school, Nebraska, problem, self-fulfilling prophecy, small town, Spanish, student, teacher, teaching, typewriters2 Comments

(re-run) It was a few days before the kids would come – 7th and 8th graders. I left my job as a high school Spanish teacher and would now be teaching English to middle schoolers.  It was a way to get out of a podunk town in Nebraska and into a big city in Iowa… Continue reading Self-fulfilling Prophecy

Obsolete Things from the Past

Posted in aerosol, Ayds, coffee, girdles, humor, newspaper, Nixon, nylon stockings, obsolete things, pantyhose, paper, pet, relationships, retro, stationery, tattoos, toy guns, typewriters, waterbedsLeave a comment

(re-run) When you reach a certain age, you realize that some of the things from your past are so obsolete that you haven’t thought about them in decades. Here is a list. Feel free to add to it: Candy cigarettes The Crayola crayon color called flesh Suntan pantyhose Playing cowboys and Indians Toy guns that… Continue reading Obsolete Things from the Past

Obsolete Things from the Past

Posted in aerosol, Ayds, coffee, girdles, humor, newspaper, Nixon, nylon stockings, obsolete things, pantyhose, paper, pet, relationships, retro, stationery, tattoos, toy guns, typewriters, waterbeds3 Comments

When you reach a certain age, you realize that some of the things from your past are so obsolete that you haven’t thought about them in decades. Here is a list. Feel free to add to it: Candy cigarettes The Crayola crayon color called flesh Suntan pantyhose Playing cowboys and Indians Toy guns that shoot… Continue reading Obsolete Things from the Past