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Well Robin you know where I came from and one couldn`t of had a worse start as far as education came from. Manual trades,yes, that is about all I got , no book work, only hands on experience. When I finally got to go to school I had a teacher much like yours, very prim and proper English lady, she tried her best with us back woods characters but there is only so much one can do for cases like us. Our upbringing would be looked upon as criminal by today's standards when a cuff to the back of the head or a boot to the seat of your pants was the let off easy method of control.
Yet,I still try to convey my thoughts and use the little bit of English language I picked up from grade school.
Yep...well...going to school on an island and being the only student for the most part of two years I got a good bit of attention...the good and the bad LOL!! But I was brought up in an adult setting and was expected to act accordingly.........I was 11 or 12 before stopped tipping my hat to every lady and still can't step through a door before opening it for a lady......this was all impressed on me by the people around me...and of course Mrs. Young.
Actually I have quite a number of friends our age that won't touch a computer and many have never had a cell phone. So I guess in the entire spectrum of things we're not completely backward...or left behind. LOL!!!