by Donna Swagerty Shreve My oldest son was a senior in high school. He could not drive as he didn’t have a license. We were punishing him for his subpar grades. That brilliant consequence meant he was always getting rides…
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Greg’s Bachelor Party From Hell; 2,489 words
We were feeling pretty good as we pulled up to a red light on a Salt Lake City intersection. We had arrived earlier from California, and we were getting ready for Greg’s bachelor party. It was the end of the…
First Period Math Challenge
by Donna Swagerty Shreve In the year 1993, I was back in a classroom. I had been first a science consultant for elementary teachers for two years and then I became a math consultant for two years. The funding was…
Social Experiment in a Classroom
by Donna Swagerty Shreve The year was 1987 and I was teaching Gifted And Talented Education for a sixth year in a row. This fifth grade class of ten year olds became quite a challenge unlike my previous classes. The…
Spotlight on Steven
by Donna Swagerty Shreve I had six years of teaching experience and I was finally able to move to older students. I was now teaching sixth graders at a country school on Davis Road. The school had the long corridors…
Conversation with Myself
by Donna Swagerty Shreve Darn, it is raining again and will be for a few days. That will certainly limit my footwear selection. I only have one choice: my clunky, ugly, huge buckled boots. My already large size elevens look…
Putting One’s Life into History
by Donna Swagerty Shreve I was fascinated early on with how much had happened during my grandfather’s life in the history of the world. Elmer was born in 1890 during Benjamin Harrison’s administration and died during Jimmy Carter ‘s presidency. …
Name One Specific Thing You Got In Trouble For In School
by Donna Swagerty Shreve High School Graduation 1963Donna Swagerty My sister-in-law put up this prompt on Facebook. That was when this story bubbled up within me. Mr. Fife and I did not get along. He brought out the worst in…
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When Rules Don’t Count
by Donna Swagerty Shreve The year was 1988 and I left the confines of the classroom to go in and out of other teachers’ classrooms to demonstrate and teach them better math techniques. My exhausting job had many perks and…
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