"Sit down. Stop talking. Throw your gum away." This is the way my high school algebra teacher began each day. Mrs. Holmes was her name, and being mean was her game. All of my peers had warned about this particular teacher. Strictness was not her only trademark, she was also known to have some bizarre--no, obnoxious--personal habits. Indeed, during the course of my senior year, I began to consider Mrs. Holmes a teacher-creature. (Method #6 - quotation; Method #10 - "dialogue")
Mrs. Holmes's daily agenda was altogether disconcerting. She was extremely concerned with punctuality. Anyone late to her class received a public reprimand. "If you aren't in your seat when the bell rings," she'd tell us at least five times each week, "I will mark you absent." One day I happened to be sharpening my pencil when the shrill sound of the bell rang out. She demanded that since I wasn't in my chair when the period began, I was tardy. Talking was another pet peeve of hers. While taking a test one day, I asked
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Mrs. Holmes had absolutely no taste in fashion. She had a pair of white panty hose that she would wear every day. They caught my attention because it looked as if there were about then little blood spots where she had nicked herself shaving. The unusual thing is that the blood spots would always be there, in the same place. In other words, I don't think she ever washed those pantyhose; she must have been waiting to throw them out when runs appeared. On special occasions she would wear her favorite shirt, which was definitely not a favorite of
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