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Random Musings Of An Indie Author
I learned my alphabets - English and Hebrew - at my grandfather’s knee. My parents read to me (and not only at bedtime), and encouraged me to pick out words. By the time I entered kindergarten, I was able to read. The highlight of my week in third grade was the weekly spelling test. Every Thursday evening, Dad would quiz me on the spelling words from that week’s lesson. Every Friday morning, I would ace the test, and receive a coveted gold star. Five successive gold stars earned me a trip to the principal’s office, where Mr. Stewart would place a special sticker in my workbook, and sign his name under the sticker in bold, black ink.
I had earned two of those special stickers, and was well on my way to a third, when I tripped over the word ‘their,’ spelling it ‘thier.’ I sulked and stormed that entire weekend. How could this be? What about, ’i before e except after c?’ No one had ever told me about exceptions to a rule. I vowed that I would not be caught out again. By the end of the school year, my spelling workbook contained a galaxy of gold stars. But, the gap in the ranks of those special stickers gnawed at me.
To read the complete article, please visit Omnimystery News at http://www.omnimysterynews.com/2015/1...
I had earned two of those special stickers, and was well on my way to a third, when I tripped over the word ‘their,’ spelling it ‘thier.’ I sulked and stormed that entire weekend. How could this be? What about, ’i before e except after c?’ No one had ever told me about exceptions to a rule. I vowed that I would not be caught out again. By the end of the school year, my spelling workbook contained a galaxy of gold stars. But, the gap in the ranks of those special stickers gnawed at me.
To read the complete article, please visit Omnimystery News at http://www.omnimysterynews.com/2015/1...
