Monday evening study hall

[harrier]

We had an English teacher who was very eclectic. Though I hated her then, she is one of my greatest school memories.

She would wear green bands on her arm when it was frog dissection day in Science class.

She would wear a huge hat and declare herself "Cerce without mercy" during Greek study time.

She worshipped West Side Story.

She submitted a poem of mine to a contest and it won, though I had forbid her from doing so because of my own lack of confidence.

We threw grapes in her hat, without her knowledge (or so we thought. As an adult looking back, I'm sure she knew all along).

We made endless amounts of fun of her though I learned more from her than almost any other teacher. I just didn't know it at the time.

And I can't even remember her first name
Not so much an interesting fact as school time memories.