In 5th and 6th grade, I had a teacher who knew every student pretty well. It helped that there were only fourteen kids in the class, but he knew everyone. He knew our birthday's by heart. He didn't use the announcements or anything. He just knew. Whenever it was one of our birthday's, he'd have us all recite the Birthday Poem by Dr. Suess to the kid whose birthday it was. We had to memorize that poem and use hand gestures and make funny noises. Well, today is the birthday of the man who wrote that poem. Since we never said it to him, I'm going to say it now. Happy Birthday, Dr.Suess. Thank you for making my childhood everything that it was. Thanks for teaching me how to read with simple rhyming words. Thanks for giving me imagination. Thanks for all of the basic learning skills.
DFTBA
maggie
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