Now I will stop listing by number and just list things.
I found out in high school that I loved English and writing.
I took all the required courses and added Creative Writing, Evolution of
Tragedy (where I met Henrik Ibsen and fell in love with his grasp of female
character), Speech, English and American Literature, Poetry and a few others. I
think I took about 8 English classes before I graduated.
I found out I was good at math and took Algebra, Geometry,
Advanced Algebra, Trig and Calculus.
I did OK in science (B’s), mainly because I did not care for
it. Due to Madonna being a smaller school, there were only 2 upper classmen were taking
physics so to justify a class, it was offered to the next grade down if you were getting decent
grades. SO Mary needed Physics and I joined the class to make a minimum number. We were all the NERDS if you want the truth. We were smart enough to
take physics, even though it for upper classmen. The best thing about Physics was taking
gigantic slinkys and making and calculating waves. I ended up taking biology
and physics and another science, could be advanced biology, at Madonna and then
chemistry as a senior.
I took Spanish for 3 years and since it was an all girls' school, we had to do home ec - cooking, sewing, knitting and crochet. The teacher couldn't teach us "lefties" so my mom had to teach me how to knit and crochet so I could complete assignments. We sat face to face and I mirrored her. It was that easy. This reflects the teacher we had - she graduated college and couldn't figure this out.
Gym...theology...history (great teacher - not my favorite class)... the rest of the classes were just that. Classes.
Next, we will have personal stuff that made my high school life memorable. (or not.)
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