You are so stupid. These and many other phrases come to mind when thinking back throughout my grade school career of experiences that influenced my feelings about academic discourse. These harsh phrase were used on a regular basis in my grade school classrooms. They caused many students including me to not develop good reading and writing skills until I overcame the many obstacles that still haunt me even today.
First grade is a very vital time in a child's life because they start to learn to read and write.
For me it was difference because I had the cruelest teacher known to man, Sister Carol Ann. She was about 60 years old and stood about 4 foot 6 inches tall, only 6 inches taller than me at the time but still very intimidating. She had only one blonde curl that seemed to peek out form her black veil that she was never seen without. She had ice blue eyes that could kill and a loud shrill voice that could wake the dead. To me, she looked like a ghost.