Saturday, October 10, 2020
Talking with Tomlison
I had few interactions with Mr. Tomlison during the two years I took with him. I preferred it that way. With me focusing on World History I, I will talk about some interactions with him that were of significance. Both just so happened to occur in February 2001. When I was sick, I missed a history...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Extra Credit
Out of all the teachers I had during my school life, Mr. Tomlison gave the most extra credit. Not only were there extra credit questions to quizzes, we had entire quizzes that were extra credit. Anything you got right was extra credit. Sometimes, homework was extra credit. At least once a week, my...
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Sunday, October 4, 2020
Insult Comic
The best way to describe Mr. Tomlison was that he was an insult comic. If he did not like you, he would ride you through the school year. That is what happened to Ben Johnson. We would exchange quizzes for our peers to grade them. I had a classmate named Shane Nixon. Shane was pulling in the 60s....
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
The Cut Man
Mr. Tomlison's father had been a legendary lacrosse coach in my high school during the 1960s and 1970s. His father was such a great coach to where the expectation was a championship. Mr. Tomlison replaced his father as lacrosse coach in middle 1970s, when my father attended the school. Cutting...
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Saturday, September 26, 2020
Going into History
A trend I have noticed in The High School Years is that the subjects I have written about (Algebra I and Biology) were struggles. The trend is now going to change. I will be writing about History, English and French, subjects which I did well in. I will be starting with History first. Going into...
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