With Brook Lynne in Mind..

I want to share something briefly..

When I was in high school, I ALMOST didn't graduate. My 5th period class was the dreaded Geometry, which I flunked the year before. I don't know if it was my lack of interest in triangles, or if I was just not at all good at the subject. Either way, for about 2 quarters I'd skip my 5th period Geometry class and sit in Mrs. Smith's class, English as Lit. We generally skip class, to go home, or do something naughty, but for me, I skipped to be nourished. I l-ved English class, and I l-ved the way Mrs. Smith delivered the message in all her classes. I'd sneak in her class and sit in the back. Sometimes she didn't see me, other times she deliberately ignored me. Needless to say, my Geometry class was severely neglected, and because I had carelessly flunked the subject the year before, I needed the credits this senior year to graduate with my class. The English teacher started to feel a little compromised that she was housing a truant student and told me "Monica, you can't sit in here anymore, you have to go back to your scheduled class."

So I did.

Within days of me returning to my scheduled 5th period class, my counselor called me into her office to tell me that I wouldn't be walking the line to graduate because I was failing Geometry, again. She said I could make it up in Summer School to get my diploma. I cried, of course, and I was so scared. My mom and brother had GED's so they never walked the line either. I would be the first. So I had to fix this. I begged my Geometry teacher for days to help me pass, my mom even sent her flowers! God bless her because she gave me a second, third and eighth chance, and gave me a ton of extra credit work. This brought my grade up to a D. And I walked the line with my peers.

True story.

I don't think my l-ve for English and/or writing, occurred to me until the last couple of years. I compromised my high school diploma so that I could be enriched by a subject that I just couldn't get enough of. Some would probably say, I am taking the same risk now. Who knows how well this book I am writing will do. But, I have skipped many classes of StripClub 101 to complete this project that I l-ve. I hope I graduate, but until then, maybe my supporters can help me with some extra credit..

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Thanks, Mrs. Smith.