INTRO TO PUBLIC SPEAKING-COLLEGE STRATEGIES-ELEMENTS OF ARITHMETIC
My first day of Math class I arrived to see all the students lined up against the wall. “What’s happening?” I asked a student. She looked like she still belonged in Junior High in her pink shorts, pink tank top and pink flip flops. Except that both her ear lobes stretched and adorned with silver tunnels that let me see right through her ear.
“The door to the classroom is locked.” She said and popped her gum. I nodded. Thanks, and just tried to glance away from her ears.
Being a Community college, everyone was different ages. That was comforting I guess, except for the fact I hated being so close to 60 and feeling like I had lost my grip on my life. I waited for the teacher, with everyone else leaning against the wall.
When she approached, I thought she was just another pretty student. She looked like a ballet dancer walking towards us with such light quick steps. Her dark hair and smooth complexion, beauty and brains I thought. Later she told the class she was from India.
The room had round tables with 4 chairs. Everyone just found a seat an sat down. The teacher told us to introduce ourselves to each other and to call her Ms. Helena. It wasn’t long before my favorite co-student at the table was Marcus, he was funny and as bad at Math as me.
Our Teacher Ms. Helena was delightful. All enthusiasm about Math. As school progressed it was apparent to the teacher that I needed the bare basic:
Multiplication and Fractions.