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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: Board - Bored (01/12/23)
Miss Carter

Miss Carter had black bobbed hair. For six years she was my teacher way back in the Second World War.
Just over 20 of us youngsters were in her class and we all respected her. She was strict but not frightening and she was often very pleasant and helpful. Along with Miss Kenwood she began each morning in the big schoolroom leading us in singing a hymn, prayers, a short reading from the Bible, and a brief encouragement to live in the right way.

Much of Miss Carter’s teaching was conveyed to us via the big blackboard on its easel. It was huge! The board had been used for many years, so some parts were a pale grey.
I remember how efficient she was with her duster when she needed to remove words or numbers from her board. Sometimes at the end of the day, she would let one of us have a go at cleaning the black monster.

Much as I would rather have been at home doing my own thing, I still found her teaching interesting.
She was so patient with us, and she knew about so many things. One winter’s day it was snowing and the flakes were huge. She explained that was because the snow was coming in from the southwest and the air was comparatively warm from that direction.
She would sometimes take us on a Nature Walk along the lanes. She knew a lot about plants and flowers.

All her teaching, her care about us, and her concern for us in wartime, all meant we were never bored with school and the lessons.
I remember when she showed us her new car. It was a Morris Minor and its headlamps were embedded in its mudguards! Wow! I still remember its registration number was BTK 164.
In those days we had inkwells in our desks and dipped our pens in them to write.
But one day, Miss Carter showed us her new pen. A Biro ballpoint!
We were in a new world. No more blotting paper, no more smudges, no more getting told off by Mum for getting ink on my shirt.
I was certainly never bored at Woodville School in England all those years ago.
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Terry R A Eissfeldt 
01/24/23
What a lovely captured picture of a time long gone. Thanks for sharing. Blessings.
Marlene MCPherson
01/24/23
Interesting read. You really enjoyed those day with that teacher.
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
01/25/23
This is a sweet memory that took me back to a time many will only know through books, movies, and TV shows. Although you mention both words, neither one seems a central part of the theme. You could fix this by showing how some students were bored, but the MC found fascination in everything. Instead of telling us about these things, paint a picture using dialog, body language, and thoughts (or in this case passing notes). FW offers a great book for free for Gold and Platinum members called Bring Your Writing to Life. It's free, but you do need to write in and request it. It's a great workbook and really helped me learn how to make stories pop. You did a fine shop of bringing your story full-circle while deliver a great message and holding my attention to the end.
Bonnie Clarkson
01/26/23
I liked the story. More young people need to hear it. I thought you used the right story for board and bored.
Who is Miss Kenwood?
In one sentence you used "her" three times. In the third paragraph you used "she" five times. Varying the sentences and words is important.