I hear you, Bill. Very real to me.
On Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 2:40 AM Patrick McManus <
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> haha cheers Bill all these traumas !
>
> 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
> >
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