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    The Last Day of School: The First Day of Us
    The Last Day of School: The First Day of Us
    The Last Day of School: The First Day of Us
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    The Last Day of School: The First Day of Us

    By Joseph P. Badame

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    For many students, especially prior to high school, their teachers can be major figures, even role models in influencing their lives. Occasionally, the fondness for the teacher becomes so intense that they develop a “crush” or infatuation with the teacher. Such was the case with Joseph and his English teacher “Miss Crudo.” The two years in her classes seemed to just fly by for this starry-eyed youngster, as the inevitable last day of school arrived. This short story describes those two years and the anguish of the arrival of that final day. The story finishes by suggesting that maybe that was not the final day of their association after all.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoseph P. Badame
    Release dateNov 7, 2014
    ISBN9781311159243
    The Last Day of School: The First Day of Us
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    Joseph P. Badame

    Joseph Badame is a retired architect living in New Jersey. He is spending his remaining years working on projects to honor his late wife who was a master teacher. This book is one of his endeavors to pay tribute to her memory.

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      The Last Day of School - Joseph P. Badame

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      by Joseph P. Badame

      THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

      The First Day of Us

      In the 1940’s and 1950’s it was common to have public schools that housed grades kindergarten through ninth grade. A boy named Joseph lived a block from such a school and attended all the grades at this one school until he graduated and moved on with his graduating class to a nearby high school. He passed his first eight years at the school with above average grades, but he was gregarious and it would not be uncommon for him to receive admonishments for being a mad artist during class especially during the second grade. He could be a handful, but he became more and more studious as he approached the seventh grade.

      Near the end of his seventh year, he started hearing about a special teacher, Miss Crudo. She was the eighth and ninth grade English and Spanish teacher. Everything he heard about her was favorable. Those who were in her classes were very fond of her. Her reputation throughout the school indicated that she was an excellent teacher and her classes were enjoyable to attend. She was known to be a demanding teacher but extremely understanding and fair. Many of the students advancing to eighth grade were hoping to be in her classes. He soon found himself hoping for the same thing.

      He never heard anything negative about her from anyone. Occasionally, he would see her in the hallway outside her classroom. She was very lovely and pleasant. Every time he saw her she was dressed so nicely and she looked so proper. Not a hair was ever out of place. She stood so straight and had a perfectly pressed monogrammed white blouse with a lovely flower at the collar. The letters spelled PMC.

      Joseph noticed she was never alone. She was constantly surrounded by students or by other teachers. He had a bit of envy that he was not one of those students surrounding her and

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