THE ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE
Linden has often wondered how his life may have progressed had he attended a more advanced elementary school. For five and one half of those eight years he attended a one room school in Orange County, Indiana. It had no inside running water or rest room facilities and in the winter a pot bellied wood burning stove provided the heat. Often he was the only one in his class. He walked the two miles from the family farm, which is now under the waters of the Patoka reservoir.
Having just completed a 33 question online test and becoming aware of the truly miserable performance of the initial test takers, Linden is now wondering where in the world these people were “educated”. Of this group of 2,508, over 71% flunked the test. Linden got an “A”.
To take the test, click on “take the quiz” at www.americancivicliteracy.org
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LINDEN'S LIFE:
Monday was devoted to household type tasks and various types of correspondence. Enoch and Hayford left the Mission House for Cincinnati and will leave for their home in Ghana Tuesday. They are pretty impressive.
A forwarded cartoon received brought a chuckle: It appeared in The Saginaw News Opinion and I was unable to make out the name of the cartoonist. In it, a man and a woman were at a table, drinking coffee and looking at the paper. The man: “sez here they arrested a D.C. madam for running a house of ill repute… The woman: “they arrested Pelosi?!”
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GIFT GIVING?
Any of Linden’s six books or his first CD could be what you are looking for: They are inexpensive and not everybody has one.
The CD “Songs A Poor Old Police Department Retiree Might Write While Waiting For His Meager Pension Check” features Linden’s original compositions. The book subject matter ranges from political through poetry, baseball, prayer, cryptograms and Linden’s pilgrimage in Spain at age 75.
Plainfield area sales at Secondhand Stories in the strip mall at Raceway & Rockville roads. Online, go to addresses below and inquire on “Linden Swift”.
http://stores.ebay.com/secondhand-stories
www.alibris.com/bookstore/secondha
DONATIONS to support postings, are appreciated but not necessary, may be made to Linden Swift, Box 203, Plainfield, IN 46168
COMMENTS Only those sent to LWDcomment@aol.com are received.
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Having just completed a 33 question online test and becoming aware of the truly miserable performance of the initial test takers, Linden is now wondering where in the world these people were “educated”. Of this group of 2,508, over 71% flunked the test. Linden got an “A”.
To take the test, click on “take the quiz” at www.americancivicliteracy.org
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LINDEN'S LIFE:
Monday was devoted to household type tasks and various types of correspondence. Enoch and Hayford left the Mission House for Cincinnati and will leave for their home in Ghana Tuesday. They are pretty impressive.
A forwarded cartoon received brought a chuckle: It appeared in The Saginaw News Opinion and I was unable to make out the name of the cartoonist. In it, a man and a woman were at a table, drinking coffee and looking at the paper. The man: “sez here they arrested a D.C. madam for running a house of ill repute… The woman: “they arrested Pelosi?!”
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GIFT GIVING?
Any of Linden’s six books or his first CD could be what you are looking for: They are inexpensive and not everybody has one.
The CD “Songs A Poor Old Police Department Retiree Might Write While Waiting For His Meager Pension Check” features Linden’s original compositions. The book subject matter ranges from political through poetry, baseball, prayer, cryptograms and Linden’s pilgrimage in Spain at age 75.
Plainfield area sales at Secondhand Stories in the strip mall at Raceway & Rockville roads. Online, go to addresses below and inquire on “Linden Swift”.
http://stores.ebay.com/secondhand-stories
www.alibris.com/bookstore/secondha
DONATIONS to support postings, are appreciated but not necessary, may be made to Linden Swift, Box 203, Plainfield, IN 46168
COMMENTS Only those sent to LWDcomment@aol.com are received.
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