Where did I come from?
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joshwritingThe time - Late Spring, 1972
The place - Northfield Mount Hermon (NMH)
The situation - I am about to be required to go to summer school to be able to saty at NMH, because of poor grades, caused by, variously, poor attendence, lack of turned in homework, and inability to figure out how to learn that which was hard.
June 6, 1972
Tuesday
Dear Josh,
I want to thank you for the help you gave me this term in Math. I assure you that your efforts are certainly appreciated and that if it weren't for you, my problems in Math would have been magnified...
The grades have not arrived yet, but hopefully I passed; I'll let you know what happens when the report card come.
Nothing much left to say, although I hope you are having a fun vacation and that your brother had a good wedding. By the way, my father let me drive home from the airport last week! He wouldn;t have if I hadn't tried, so thanks for encouraging me when I needed it.
Good luck.
Sincerely,
(signature of R.S.)
P.S. I start my Algebra course next week. I should "ace it."
*****
R.S. was a junior while I was a sophomore. I was going on academic probation.
He did pass that term, and went on to graduate on time and go to college. He was much better with language than with math - and I think he is a professional writer to this day.
The place - Northfield Mount Hermon (NMH)
The situation - I am about to be required to go to summer school to be able to saty at NMH, because of poor grades, caused by, variously, poor attendence, lack of turned in homework, and inability to figure out how to learn that which was hard.
June 6, 1972
Tuesday
Dear Josh,
I want to thank you for the help you gave me this term in Math. I assure you that your efforts are certainly appreciated and that if it weren't for you, my problems in Math would have been magnified...
The grades have not arrived yet, but hopefully I passed; I'll let you know what happens when the report card come.
Nothing much left to say, although I hope you are having a fun vacation and that your brother had a good wedding. By the way, my father let me drive home from the airport last week! He wouldn;t have if I hadn't tried, so thanks for encouraging me when I needed it.
Good luck.
Sincerely,
(signature of R.S.)
P.S. I start my Algebra course next week. I should "ace it."
*****
R.S. was a junior while I was a sophomore. I was going on academic probation.
He did pass that term, and went on to graduate on time and go to college. He was much better with language than with math - and I think he is a professional writer to this day.
