Grade School, 1968. I believe this was 5th grade. Mrs. Schwenker's class. She was mean as hell -- until you realised that was just her way. She ended up being one of my favorite teachers in grade school. She used to tell us all of these great stories about growing up in an orphanage in Australia -- coming to America on a ship -- getting the worst sunburn of her life when they passed the equator -- it's weird what memories we keep.

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