Zhanga: August 19, 2008
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I went to middle school today for open house. I felt really out of place, as 85% of the attendees were moms, 10% were dads accompanying the moms, and 5% were lone dads. And I was just roundoff error.
The 8th grade hallway at Dickerson was closed, but of the 6th and 7th grade teacher that I remember, Rae Weintraub, Ms. Sussman, and Ms. King are still around. There is a Ms. Jackson, but her room was empty so I couldn't tell if it was the same lady who hated me enough to write me up and confiscate my spelling book for drawing a slightly inappropriate flip-book animation in the bottom corner of the pages. Mr. Lyon (health) and Ms. Windhorst (home ec) are still there too.
I went to say hi to Ms. Weintraub (Sussman wasn't there, and King never had me so would have no idea who I was), and when I introduced myself she actually remembered me and mentioned that I was in her pre-algebra class. I was quite surprised, in a good way at the time, but now that I think about it she probably doesn't remember me for being a model student...
I feel old when I realize that it's been ten years since that school year (1998-99).
Coincidentally, last night (two nights ago?) I was flipping through my old stuff, including that mythical "permanent record" that school administrators always loved to threaten you with. I lifted mine right out of a cabinet at Walton... but that's another story. Anyways, there is some stuff I think it'd be fun to share...
These are my final conduct grades from 2nd, 4th, and 5th grades (3rd excluded because that teacher didn't hate me as much). Each column is one grading period, which was 9 weeks in 2nd grade and was changed to 6 weeks the next year. The check marks indicate what I suck at:
I got 13 check marks for not showing self-control and 10 for talking too much! In fact, the only thing I consistently didn't suck at was exhibiting a positive attitude. Maybe I was different back then, but these days I sure am not that positive. It gets better, though. While most teachers write really boring crap in the comments section, like my third-grade teacher who wrote stuff like, "Super job David!" every six weeks, my fourth grade teacher was the best. In fact, in the very first week of her class I got a long note sent home that I had to get signed and returned to this lady. (I don't know where that note is, but it was pretty intense.)
Anyways, the report card comment that she left for me, which took twice the alloted space even in small handwriting, is as follows:
David is an extremely bright child! His academics and skills are on grade level and in many cases above level. His maturity and behavior, however, is [sic] below grade level. Some of his conduct is directly related to his immaturity and hopefully we'll see an improvement as he matures throughout the year.
In conclusion, I was a excellently behaved elementary school student.
9:28PM
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HAHAHAHAHA who would have thought..
Tiffany on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 11:22 PM
yea mcgeehan knew all about how great of a student you were. bowling pics?
Gene on Friday, August 22, 2008 at 8:14 AM
nude pics plz
pat on Friday, August 22, 2008 at 2:54 PM
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