[Magdalen] pencils

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Michigander (love it) here *never* used fork as shovel. Had demanding 
parents who taught me good table manners... even my kids have said that they 
are grateful my ex and I did the same for/to them.

Lynn, who remembers in 4th grade being asked to 'set' several round tables 
for 8 in the cafeteria for lunch (@private school) and the other two girls 
assigned with me to this task had never before set a table with silverware, 
napkins, plates or glasses... mon Dieu!!


website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 12:44 PM
To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] pencils

> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>> There is some of the same awkwardness in handling flatware,
>> I've noticed.
>
> I remember arriving in Michigan in first grade (we moved in midyear, I
> think...quite disruptive) to find that Michigan kids mostly used a
> fork like a shovel, clutching it in their fists. Even back then I
> thought we Wisconsinites must have been ahead of the Michiganians.
> (Hm...I just noticed that the official newspaper term for someone from
> Michigan isn't known to Microsoft's spelling checker, but
> "Michigander" is. I've never understood where that 'd' comes from and
> never liked it.)
>
>
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA