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Im a Certified Member

I’M A CERTIFIED MEMBER

I’m a certified member
of the “we never
guess
we look
it up”
club.

Yes,
as a student
I
had a lesson
I
wonder if anyone else
coveted
this piece of paper,
these words,
the way I did.

It stuck
in my brain
indelibly glued,
so
words are inclined
to be looked up
and understood
before
they
fall
upon your ears.

Do
you
remember
a catch phrase
from
school?

Share it
in 
comments.

It
must be
a positive
phrase
from your classroom
days.

Pilot
your former
classroom…
full speed ahead!

6/20/2019

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Caren Krutsinger Date: 6/21/2019 7:08:00 AM I do not remember any catch phrases from school except "I don't want to talk about it" which came from one of my classmates daily every day, and with the same teacher who goaded him into answering a question every day. Thanks for the memory. Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 6/21/2019 7:10:00 AM Still a great one :)

Sand Blown Date: 6/20/2019 8:57:00 PM bravo...long live the thesaurus...and the dictionary Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 6/20/2019 9:36:00 PM Thanks for the share, Sand! Sand Blown Date: 6/20/2019 9:26:00 PM school catch phrase...'snow bird'...a canuck who travels south for the winter

Gershon Wolf Date: 6/20/2019 8:30:00 PM This isn't really what you requested, but here goes anyway. In 6th grade, I wrote this in a story: 'She lives next store.' My teacher asked me what I meant. I answered, 1171 Wade Street and 1175 Wade Street. She smiled and wrote 'next door.' Then I smiled too. :) gw Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 6/20/2019 8:33:00 PM Cute story :) Memorable! It took me a moment...lol! Still meaningful as to the point of getting a word correct. Thanks for the share!

Panagiota Romios Date: 6/20/2019 2:41:00 PM Kim~ Here's one from my days at Holy Family Academy Elementary. "In the golden chain of friendship, count me as a link." (I still like it decades, later.) BTW~ I also was trained to look everything up. I check mutiple news sources and I question everything I am told. I try not to live by cliches, too Panagitota Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 6/20/2019 3:10:00 PM Thanks, Panagiota! That reminds me of Girl Scouts...a song - make new friends and keep the old...one is silver and the other gold! I’d say even my PS friends like Y..O..U! <3 Kim