tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136210753959414262.post7266210719117946361..comments2023-10-07T03:56:41.649-07:00Comments on From student to teacher...: Put a smile on your faceJincyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12402764431535591554noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136210753959414262.post-24492534785232356572010-03-03T09:03:52.955-08:002010-03-03T09:03:52.955-08:00Fantastic menagerie of things there; we had SSR as...Fantastic menagerie of things there; we had SSR as part of Monday study halls in high school, but it didn't go over too well. It started my freshman spring semester and ended my senior fall semester. Thus, we were the only class that had some form of it every year. A student campaign to get rid of it actually had shirts that read: "SSR: One Letter Away from Communism."<br /><br />Having it first period makes a little more sense and I notice you said "novels"--does that mean reading comic books or textbooks (fine under our system) were not allowed? Our teachers were also required to do SSR--and though I didn't have her, I'm almost certain my well-liked chemistry teacher was reading her horse breeding magazines. That really is an irrelevant point but I just thought I'd share.<br /><br />Keep on rocking, Jincy! You're making a difference (or a sum or a product or a quotient; the possibilities are endless, really). :)<br /><br />--MikeMikenoreply@blogger.com