When Bill and I met, he was working for the City of Lubbock in the tax appraisal department. His job was to appraise both new and existing properties..commercial and residential. Usually he worked with new construction, but every five years, on a rotating basis, all property within the city had to be reevaluated.
As far as I know there were two teams of appraisers. Bill and his partner put in a full day,s work. Not so with the other team. As soon as they left the office they headed for a donut shop. When they would go back to the office at noon, they would put their finished folders in the basket along with Bill’s. Then Bill and his partner would take some of the work files from the other team so they would have something to do in the afternoon.
It was comforting to know Bill had a good work ethic. I did, too.
I taught second grade at Rush Elementary School. In those days, classroom aides or parent volunteers hadn’t been “invented.” I had 36 students all day long, even during lunch. There was no such thing as a break. But taught them, I did. As throughout my entire teaching career, I had very wonderful students. Because we moved around so much, I don’t know where any of that first class is today. I hope they think of me as fondly as I think of them.
No comments:
Post a Comment