With all that’s going on in our nation lately, I guess it’s about time to tell this story as it was the first, but definitely the last time I was unprepared to defend my students. The scene is on a field trip back, in the late seventies or mid-eighties. We were on a gold dredging/panning… Continue reading Story 20 The First, but most Definitely the Last Time
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Bonnie/Larry Update: For new viewers, I’m trying to bring this blog up to date with a column I write for a local newspaper. The column needs to be limited to 750 words, so these stories will follow suit. If you wish to know more about me, I suggest you scroll back to story #1. Otherwise,… Continue reading Untitled
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cheerleader effect Story- 18 Cheerleader lesson Update: I’ll now be doing Bonnie/Larry updates with these stories since many past students wish to keep abreast as Bonnie was so important in so many lives. I’ll be going back to when it all started; many stays in the hospital. I’m danged lucky she survived it all. Since… Continue reading story 18
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The box of candy that saved a life Story 17 The box of candy that saved a life? This is a story about Mike who became one of the most “got it together” people I know; and the turning point came with the dreaded Helen Grace Candy sale. Oh, it was a good and tasty… Continue reading story 17
Are you an Individualist or one of the sheep
Story 16: Are you a rugged individualist? Good Grief, did I have a scary thought just now. I was thinking of Samuel Clemmons’, aka Mark Twain, famous comment: “I only know what I read in the newspapers,” this day, it being enhanced to include: hear/see on the Media. I wonder what his appropriate little wisdoms… Continue reading Are you an Individualist or one of the sheep
My last year at Alhambra High School
My last day at Alhambra High School has to be one of the more difficult stories for me to tell. However, had I stayed, no doubt matters would have been definitely not pleasant. No doubt my run-ins with the department chairman (whose curve I skewed) was the main factor. Yep, I can remember him bragging… Continue reading My last year at Alhambra High School
Stakeout
Story 15- Stumbling into a stake-out As a preface, I guess I should begin this story back in the days when I was in the Army Reserves; a sergeant in charge of a medical section. As requisitions for supplies were always a pain, I found it easier to take a case of beer to fellows… Continue reading Stakeout
The greatest coach?
Story 14: The greatest coach? One couldn’t want for a better example of a life turned around because of football and, more important, a particular high school coach; one Coach John Machado. Still, it is a coach that wouldn’t let me play while in junior high school that keeps sneaking into my mind; and, I… Continue reading The greatest coach?
Is It True What You Told My Son?
Story 10 Is it true you told my son…..? I’ll not forget my first back to school night; not ever nor never. As I had just finished up the unit on drugs with the students, I did a brief outline of the entire program for the parents utilizing about half the allotted time, so I… Continue reading Is It True What You Told My Son?
My Bonnie and Clyde visit
Story 7 Bonnie and Clyde visit Although this story was to be about my first year in the public system, a couple of experiences with the U.S. Forest Service that influenced my teaching career kinda got in the way. As I’ve already indicated, I worked a few years with the U.S. Forest Service as a… Continue reading My Bonnie and Clyde visit