I’m not sure if this checklist considers “Tells On Other Children” to be a good thing or a bad thing. And “Participates Freely in Singing”? I find that hard to believe!
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The Early Years: Zippy Rocket Shoes
From the “Was This Really Homework?” Department:
The Early Years: Woodland Indians? Or Elves?
This week, I reached into the pile of ancient schoolwork (generously supplied by my parents) and found this little article about the “Woodland Indians” of central New York:
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The Early Years: Haunted House
This week, we have a lovely piece of artwork from the archives:
The Early Years: The What Is On The Shelf?
I’m going to file this one under “sentences that you are unlikely to see on contemporary elementary school writing assignments”. I’m sure you can guess which sentence I mean.
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The Early Years: Good Story
Ummmm …. no. No it’s not.
The Early Years: What Is That Thing?
Today we have another example of “Why Jim didn’t draw his own comic book panels”, in the form of what appears to be a home-made folder cover from the early or mid 1970s:
The Early Years: Jack-O’-Lantern
A while back my parents sent me a big package full of old school papers and such, whence I got the, um, amazing space battle drawing that I posted a few weeks ago. Reaching into this package today, I discovered this small exercise in giant block-letter printing, in which the moon has what may be an overly familiar relationship with a pumpkin:
The Early Years: Space Battle; Or, Why I Didn’t Do My Own Comic Book Artwork
My drawing ability never did get much better than this:
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The Early Years: Jim Likes Animals
These “early years” samples are not really writing-related, but they probably explain a lot about why I spend so much time on Dennis’s crazy adventures.
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