March 20. 2011

What memories do you have from elementary school?

I have memories of classes being too long and spelling tests too hard. I also remember in 1963 playing marbles on the front sidewalk as someone swung open the door and yelled that Pres. Kennedy had been shot in Dallas Texas. Little did I know at that point that I would be serving my mission very close to that area where such tragic history had unfolded. I wrote about it in more detail last year. I remember being beat in my first (and last) fist fight while in 6th grade by a 3rd grader, I have written that story as well. I remember the girls being cute and some of my best friends since I was so much smaller than the other boys that I had a hard time being chosen to play ball with them.