[Oxford63] Memorabilia

[oxford63 at mailman.cyber-community.com]

I think that was about the same time frame when your parents went off on a
business trip and I was recruited to stay with you. We spent a few days in
your pool eating homemade chocolate chip cookies and drinking g and t’s
while sweet -talking your maid into calling us in sick.

On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:31 PM <oxford63 at mailman.cyber-community.com> wrote:

> Oh, Jane, you rebel!  I love that story. My rebellions were never so
> courageous. I just snuck off campus to the corner drugstore to smoke.
>
> Probably everyone was told to read more. I didn’t have problems with
> reading but had to take a math class to boost my poor skills.
>
>  I’m attaching a picture of my 7 year old grandson Benjamin and his 10
> month old sister, Edie.
>
> Happy holidays to all!
>
> Holly
>
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> On Dec 6, 2018, at 4:07 PM, oxford63 at mailman.cyber-community.com wrote:
>
> Relative to reading, in our Senior year, the announcement was made in
> Chapel that we would forego morning classes in order to submit to some
> secondary school reading assessment. By then, I was disgusted with the way
> Oxford always bragged about being in the 98th percentile, so I
> intentionally got every answer wrong - though I confess, I accidentally got
> one right.
>
> When the scores came back, it seems I had done a good job on lowering the
> percentile. Mr. Stevenson called me to his office. He had me read a letter
> he had written to my parents. In essence, the letter said that I needed to
> learn to follow the "spirit of the law" as well as the "letter of the law".
> Since the envelope already bore a stamp, I just left his office, banging
> the door behind me. I remember running to the second floor bathroom where I
> dissolved into hysteria. I was upset that I was in so much trouble, but I
> switched back and forth between weeping and gales of laughter. I just
> imagined that I had banged Mr. Stevenson's door so hard that the handle
> must have fallen off on the inside, requiring the headmaster to phone for
> help.
>
> In hindsight, I hope I didn't cause anyone to suffer, but the passive
> resistance of flunking a pointless test was deeply satisfying.
>
>
> *** Jane ***
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> On 12/6/2018 12:02 PM, oxford63 at mailman.cyber-community.com wrote:
>
> I was cleaning out a box of memorabilia and found my acceptance to Oxford.
> It said send $5 ( or maybe it was $10)  to reserve my place. What a bargain!
> In all honesty it also said I should read more as my comprehension was
> under my ability. I am not sure that ever improved.
> Wishing everyone a Happy and mainly healthy Holiday Season.
> Barbara
>
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