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Longing for Miss Howard

Rick 2811 Wrote: Aug 19, 2012 1:45 PM
As a teacher in high school I once had a coed tell me that the choice for sex for young people was oral, because of Bill Clinton's term in office. If the president can do it, why not all...she didn't mention cigars nor did I...

Maybe it’s just my naivety, but I long for the days of Ruby Howard. 

Miss (not Ms.) Howard was not some former Hollywood silent screen star, nor was she a financial or political guru of the past. 

Miss Howard was simply my ninth grade Social Studies teacher. 

The simplicity of the 1950s, over a half-century ago, seems like another world and it almost appears we’ve been on a downward spiral ever since. 

We’ve had some moments of greatness offset with many moments that we’d just as soon forget. 

When I think of Miss Howard, I recall...

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