5 x 365 Mrs Billings

Jana reminded me of you, Mrs Billings. You used to hold my notebook up against hers for all the class to see, as examples of everything that was bad about penmanship and everything that was good about it. You also made me stand in the hall once because I yawned in class. I was so mortified that every time someone walked by I would stand facing the door trying to look not banished, but rather like a messenger knocking. My penmanship is still awful and I consider it a mark of character.