Better to remember the pains of the past these day, Bill? (than the trials by fire of today).
I assume ‘bubs’ is an Australianism, but for what?
Doug
> On Nov 20, 2019, at 8:21 AM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I hear you, Bill. Very real to me.
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> On Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 2:40 AM Patrick McManus <
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>> haha cheers Bill all these traumas !
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>> On 19/11/2019 20:35, Bill Wootton wrote:
>>> in bubs
>>>
>>> waiting for my turn
>>>
>>> the teacher had set up spelling circles
>>>
>>>
>>> when she pointed at a chalked word
>>>
>>> she called a student by name
>>>
>>> to spell out the word in letters
>>>
>>> then pronounce it to the class
>>>
>>>
>>> the words are easy
>>>
>>> 3 or 4 letters
>>>
>>> even as a 6 year old I’m bored
>>>
>>> impatient for my turn
>>>
>>>
>>> and then
>>>
>>> I’m on -
>>>
>>>
>>> s.a.y.s. I say
>>>
>>> then go to pronounce
>>>
>>> and hesitate -
>>>
>>>
>>> worlds fall
>>>
>>>
>>> s - saze I mutter
>>>
>>> knowing it should be sez
>>>
>>> but after hearing days as daze
>>>
>>> my spoken mojo
>>>
>>> has evaporated
>>>
>>>
>>> fine she says
>>>
>>> and moves on
>>>
>>>
>>> half of me glad
>>>
>>> not to have been corrected
>>>
>>> in front of all
>>>
>>> half appalled
>>>
>>> that rigour had
>>>
>>> so easily slid
>>>
>>>
>>> bw
Douglas Barbour
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