“Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor for lack of ideas. Walter Disney also went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland….”
Thomas Edison’s teachers said he was too stupid to learn anything….”
“Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace, flunked out of college. He was described as “both unstable and unwilling to learn”….”
“Henry Ford failed and went broke five times before he finally succeeded….”
“Babe Ruth, considered by sports historians to be the greatest athlete of all time and famous for setting the home run record, also holds the record for strikeouts….”
“Winston Churchill failed sixth grade. He did not become Prime Minister of England until he was 62, and then only after a lifetime of defeats and setbacks. His greatest contributions came when he was a “senior citizen”…”
I looked over my dossier again and decided that I have done quite well considering.
I also read something else that was really thought provoking……….
This teacher had her class make a list of all the actions her students could complete the sentence that started with:
“…I can’t….
After a set period of time she collected all the papers into a shoe box and the entire class then went out to the further part of the school yard.
The each contributed to digging a three (3) foot deep hole and then the carefully lowered the shoe box into the hole.
They then recited various rites as if a funeral was taking place and then they all contributed to the burial.
They returned to the class and consumed cookies and pop as if exercising a “wake”.
The Teacher then drew an outline of a tombstone and in heavy font wrote:
I CAN’T
R I P
From that time forward, every time that a student said that he or she can’t, she referred to the tombstone and said “I can’t is buried and does no exist but he next of kin “I can” has received all the assets.
Interesting…………………….!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Marilyn for leaving this book on the vanity in my bathroom. I am making use of my “down time”.
Posted Sunday, March 18, 2018 by EWV.
Elmer Verigin 
Elmer:
1) the one that you refer to as Marilyn, comes forward with wisdom and compassion; I would certainly hang onto her.
2) The one known as Elmer has an impressive list of accomplishments, but I can add a few others; he had an 18 min. hike to school, not down the street, but through bush and over rail;
-he was King of muskrat trapping/skinning/stretching
– could shoot a bear with a .22 rifle’
-was colorblind to pink colors, so got his buddy to do a titration in the Chem Lab; he got an A, the buddy gets a C.
– Elmer, all the subsequent experiences that you had are notable to be, but you never know which experience of yours touches someone in this journey of life on this Planet. The fact that I write about these, as you do in this BLOG, gives all a much deeper/meaningful reason for remembrance-; individually and as society-history . Just remember, that sharing stories outside of societies BOX, ends up as an autobiography and these are writings for a reader to pick-and-choose. The soulful feelings of the writer are all that is important. The reader can pick what resonates with him, but the writer is playing a quessing game with himself and the public.
Does any of this make sence?
Tony
Tony
Always great to hear from a Pelly Buddy and one time room mate too boot!
Yes, all are good memories but I could jog the distance in 18 minutes from School to home through the hinterland but it was a 50 minute hike otherwise as compare to your proximity to school
That titration experience suggests that maybe the Lab Instructor wanted to get even with my Lab Partner as he was laughing so hard at the odds of me comparing an unknown against 10 known samples and I had to detect which was my concentration. I caught the Lab Instructor with a big grin after it was all over.
Stay healthy and give Louise a hug for me. She is the one that keeps you spiritually on track.
Have a good day!