I’d met Carren a few times through my friend Michelle at shows. Michelle and I were at a concert and I mentioned how I needed a veterinary second opinion, and/or needed a different vet.
“Oh talk to Carren. She works for a vet, who happens to also be her next door neighbour.”
I pull out my little phone book to write her name and number down, and ask for her full name so I can put it under the correct letter.
“Carren Elder.”
“Hey my grade 7 and 8 history and geography teacher was named Elder.”
“Uhm...was his name Nelson by any chance?”
“Yeah!”
“That’s her dad!”
He was one of my favourite teachers. In grade 7 history I ended up with, get this, 109 as my final mark. I got perfect on all the tests, one mark short of perfect on the exam, and then he also had a bonus project that people who were doing really bad could do for some extra marks. The project was on Vikings. Uh, hello? Vikings? Awesome! How could I not do something on that!? So I did that as well. Got perfect on it. He said it was the highest mark anyone had ever gotten in all his years of teaching.
Carren and I get on really well, and I’ve been at their house a bunch of times over the years. Kind of funny hanging out with your childhood teacher as an adult. I kept referring to him as Mr. Elder.
I pull out my little phone book to write her name and number down, and ask for her full name so I can put it under the correct letter.
“Carren Elder.”
“Hey my grade 7 and 8 history and geography teacher was named Elder.”
“Uhm...was his name Nelson by any chance?”
“Yeah!”
“That’s her dad!”
He was one of my favourite teachers. In grade 7 history I ended up with, get this, 109 as my final mark. I got perfect on all the tests, one mark short of perfect on the exam, and then he also had a bonus project that people who were doing really bad could do for some extra marks. The project was on Vikings. Uh, hello? Vikings? Awesome! How could I not do something on that!? So I did that as well. Got perfect on it. He said it was the highest mark anyone had ever gotten in all his years of teaching.
Carren and I get on really well, and I’ve been at their house a bunch of times over the years. Kind of funny hanging out with your childhood teacher as an adult. I kept referring to him as Mr. Elder.
“It’s all right, you can call me by my given name you know.”
“Okay Mr. Elder. I mean Nelson.”
And in another funny small world twist, my girlfriend was in a choir that Carren’s mother was in also. The two of them got along very well. Amusing when the connection emerged.
And in another funny small world twist, my girlfriend was in a choir that Carren’s mother was in also. The two of them got along very well. Amusing when the connection emerged.
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