As You Wish - A Memorial of My Childhood.
As I sit behind the computer in my classroom, awaiting that last bell of Friday afternoon as anxiously as my students are, it is a slight time of reflection. I have gotten several bits of news this week of famous people that died, and I am in mourning, selfishly, for my childhood as I realize that I hold a connection to each of these figures. I have never met them nor shaken their hands, and yet they have all impacted my life in some way. Their essences and auras hold memories for me, which I now contemplate on as the clock ticks ever closer to the time when I get to shed my teacher persona and be a regular human for a couple of days. Roy Clark Roy Clark was a gem of a talented man, which I did not realize until I was older. When I was younger, I spent many hours rolling my eyes when my father would speak of Hee Haw, of which Roy was a robust host. At the time, I saw shows like Hee Haw as outdated and musicians like Roy Clark to be outdated. As I grew up, out of my stubborn teenage ...