And my dad worked on the docks as a mechanic for 30+ years. There would have been no contest!
To think your parents PAID to send you to this school.
True. I would rather have had a horse. *le sigh* But I *did* get a good education. They drilled the hell out of us on correct English...until I moved to Florida the word "ain't" never left my lips. Now, well, I do tend to laspe into the local vernacular, but I've been here 35 years, it's bound to have rubbed off on me!
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Date: 2010-08-03 03:06 am (UTC)To think your parents PAID to send you to this school.
True. I would rather have had a horse. *le sigh* But I *did* get a good education. They drilled the hell out of us on correct English...until I moved to Florida the word "ain't" never left my lips. Now, well, I do tend to laspe into the local vernacular, but I've been here 35 years, it's bound to have rubbed off on me!