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Unfortunately, after graduation, Ron left for college on the West

Coast. They hadn't spoken in years.

Jeff Wheeler continued. These students need history more

than a prom, if you ask me. No one can tell you anything about

the history of our nation. When I ask the classes what ship the

Pilgrims sailed on, they say the Carnival Cruise Line."

"i'm sure they're just joking," Lindsay managed to say when

Jeff paused to draw a breath. She never knew guys to be talkative,

but this one had already outdone himself in ten minutes.

Maybe he had to get things offhis chest.

"One student actually put that answer on a test. I took ten

points off his paper. His father called me up, asking me why I

took off ten points when the question was worth only three.

When I told him I wouldn't tolerate that kind of answer on a

test, the father said I had no sense of humor. He said I should

give the kid twenty points for creativity. Sure I would, if this

were a creative writing class. This is history. They're supposed

to know historical facts. I wish the parents would also understand

that."

9 Lindsay looked at her watch, thinking about the other

clients still awaiting her attention that day. She wondered

how long he would ramble on. This was a primary fault of

hers, the inability to cut off clients when they were in the

midst of a diatribe. She felt that if she did interrupt she would

face a cancelled contract. That would mean less in sales and