My school expected the adults to be Mr. Manson or Mrs. Weitzel or Coach Holtzman.?ÿ Students were always referred to by the name everyone else called them by in polite company, i.e. Jim, Jeanie, Johnny, Cathy..........
Of course, there were some nicknames for certain teachers that smart students DID NOT say in their presence.?ÿ Long before I arrived in high school a specific English teacher was known as Grindl by surly students.?ÿ This is sort of close to a character of some sort in Beowulf.?ÿ Might have been a monster.?ÿ I don't know.?ÿ The math teacher was Sarge.?ÿ That was his military rank immediately prior to arriving as our teacher.?ÿ He had been working with recruits.?ÿ If things became a bit unruly in the classroom, he was prone to say, "AT EASE".
When I was a Junior, one of the Seniors saw the guidance couselor coming down the hall one Monday morning in his normal 4-foot steps and wearing a frown.?ÿ He turned towards the counselor and said in a very slow drawl, reminiscent of the counselor's preferred means of speaking, "Mornin', Mel."?ÿ Next thing he knew, he was being slammed against the bank of lockers, with his heels off the ground in a state of shock and hearing a rather loud and forceful lecture on how he was to never say that again.?ÿ That Senior went on to be a teacher and principal in a neighboring district.?ÿ I have wondered if he ever used the same procedure to straighten out a student.?ÿ At 6'6", he is a rather imposing figure.?ÿ His daughter was the nurse drawing some blood from my hand this morning for some standard testing.?ÿ Her daughter won the Regional competition in Girl's Wrestling in her weight class and will leave in a few days to wrestle at State.
Next thing he knew, he was being slammed against the bank of lockers, with his heels off the ground in a state of shock and hearing a rather loud and forceful lecture
Can't do that anymore...and we are worse for it.
My older brother's middle name is our father's middle name, Leon.
My son is named Leon after my grandfather, but he goes by Leo.
@squirl?ÿ
You could have been named for a great-grandfather.?ÿ Orval Wesley L***.?ÿ Better yet, Oren Orval.?ÿ ?ÿ"The Big Oh Oh"
