haha cheers Bill all these traumas !
On 19/11/2019 20:35, Bill Wootton wrote:
> in bubs
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> waiting for my turn
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> the teacher had set up spelling circles
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> when she pointed at a chalked word
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> she called a student by name
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> to spell out the word in letters
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> then pronounce it to the class
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> the words are easy
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> 3 or 4 letters
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> even as a 6 year old I’m bored
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> impatient for my turn
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> and then
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> I’m on -
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> s.a.y.s. I say
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> then go to pronounce
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> and hesitate -
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> worlds fall
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> s - saze I mutter
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> knowing it should be sez
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> but after hearing days as daze
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> my spoken mojo
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> has evaporated
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> fine she says
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> and moves on
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> half of me glad
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> not to have been corrected
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> in front of all
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> half appalled
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> that rigour had
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> so easily slid
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> bw
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