I am missing five teeth, and I can’t stop talking about it. Whenever I have to play two truths and a lie: “I’m five foot seven, I’m part dead person, and I’m missing five teeth.” Whenever I have to say an interesting fact about myself: “I’m missing five teeth.” Whenever I’m asked how my weekContinue reading “My Tooth Saga”
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Sven and Ole Failed My AP Exam
A 14-minute read. It had begun at 8:15 in the morning–fifteen minutes late, I noted, as I pressed my finger against the tip of my pencil. Heaven forbid the lead fall out and I need to ask the proctor for a replacement. I didn’t want to walk to the front of the room, eighty eleventh-gradeContinue reading “Sven and Ole Failed My AP Exam”
Me Thinketh to Tell You as it Seemed to Me
A 16 minute read. I don’t like telling people that I was homeschooled. It makes me feel like a specimen: they always ask, “What was it like?” as if I was a giraffe recently escaped from the zoo. Did you sew your own clothes? Did you ever wash your hair? Did you speak English? DidContinue reading “Me Thinketh to Tell You as it Seemed to Me”
Ellen Sheehy 