Hold on to Learning

 

January 12

 

My sister, fresh from graduate school, began teaching in the high school where I was a senior. I was enrolled in her journalism class. She called each student by his or her last name except for me and a boy named Fred Darling.

One day she walked into the classroom just as I was throwing a pear at another student. She took one look at me and said sternly, "Get out!"

 I reported to the assistant principle. Without looking up he asked, “Why are you here?”

“My sister threw me out of her class.”  He stopped writing immediately.

 

I was given two weeks detention and I was grounded at home. I gained new respect for all my teachers, including family ones and a greater appreciation for learning.

 

"Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; keep her for she is your life."
(Proverbs 4:13)