on In the story “Thatagirl” a girl named Hazel goes to see a baseball game with one of her “enemies” named Timmy. He bets her the New York Yankees were going to beat the Lookouts. They go to the game to see that a woman named Jackie Mitchell strikes out the legendary Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig like they were nothing. After the game, Hazel now has confidence that she can play baseball with Timmy and his friends. The boys agree after what they saw, Hazel deserves to play.
on We had 10 green mints that were [money] in cups. The tax collector [Mrs. Mcfall] would ask for money for certain taxes. Most of them were judgmental about our appearance or by our abilities. I thought it was unfair because some people paid tax for wearing glasses or not having them their. Or people who were prepared and had a pencil on their desk.
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on In 2014, I will never forget when we read our colorful ABC rhyming word books to the wonderful little Pre-K kids. Our kid, Allen, was a sweet and shy little boy. His favorite letter was S. It made me feel very happy to see the enormous smile on his face. In 2015, I hope we do more fun, interesting lab stations. Hopefully, we will do one on the humongous Periodic Table and learn all of the interesting elements like Au: Gold or En: Einsteinium.