tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1044871296266283992.post7664839705251266312..comments2023-08-28T17:56:08.654-04:00Comments on ruth.the.writer: The Little Red Schoolhouseruth.the.writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854940988819225116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1044871296266283992.post-32030113515508342982012-05-23T16:06:02.441-04:002012-05-23T16:06:02.441-04:00Debra: Thank you for your comment! I find the chan...Debra: Thank you for your comment! I find the changes both good and bad. The fact that we don't learn Latin like my grandmother did? Bad. The fact that we have all kinds of technology programs? Good. Not much we can do to change it.<br /><br />As for me, I have so many thoughts in my head and in my "random thoughts" folder that I'm never much at a loss on inspiration. Sometimes, however, I sit and look out the window for a while before the opening sentence smacks me upside the head!ruth.the.writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854940988819225116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1044871296266283992.post-63097720115232256692012-05-23T16:00:00.552-04:002012-05-23T16:00:00.552-04:00Ruth, our society most certainly needs to return t...Ruth, our society most certainly needs to return to the earlier, purer, manner of education, as in the days of the little red schoolhouse, don’t we? <br /><br />In eastern NC, we have an historical site with a one room schoolhouse, the first of its kind. In this one-room schoolhouse with its pot-bellied stove, rows of wooden desks, and blackboard, girls sit on one side of the room, boys on the opposite: a typical turn-of-the-century school day. Misbehave and you earn the sturdy wooden paddle waiting in the corner. Fall behind in your lessons and the dunce hat goes on the head while you sat up front by the blackboard, the scorn of the entire class.<br /><br /><br />In the absence of inspiration, do you still sit down to write anyway?<br /><br />Or do you procrastinate and wait for motivation? <br /> <br />http://debrasblogpureandsimple.blogspot.com/2012/05/sitzfleisch-and-flash.htmlDebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02273349436461781371noreply@blogger.com