My earliest recollections of writing are not really recollections of writing at all, but of... transposing. Before I could even read one word, I used to take my mother's handwritten recipes and type them out on dad's typewriter. One painstaking character at a time. Not even really knowing what I was "writing". But the letters themselves just always fascinated me.
I would then hand my astounded mother perfectly typed recipes on 3" X 5" cards, which she would put in a little recipe tin.
She said I was undaunted... I just kept going.
-- Cipriano –
Have a great Tuesday!
what a fantastic story!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Stefanie.
ReplyDelete100% accurate. I used to record [list] all the books I read, in Grade 2.
My schoolteacher [Mrs. Okrainetz, blast her!] told my mom, "There is no way your son read all those books. It is impossible."
My mom told me, and I cried.
But THEN.... I got out a new 3" X 5" recipe-card, and I typed.... "UP YOURS MRS. O." and left it on her desk the next morning.
Oh you're too cute!
ReplyDeleteI remembered borrowing my uncle's Brother typewriter and typed up little cards.
You, are surely undaunted.
Did you show your 2nd grade teacher the reading record? Was it typewritten as well?