tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post6688169931715547585..comments2024-03-25T14:36:16.797-04:00Comments on The Crime Writers' Chronicle: Earl Staggs' Kindergarten ChallengeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-79505707387564809682012-07-04T09:49:01.401-04:002012-07-04T09:49:01.401-04:00Susan, teachers are the most overworked, underappr...Susan, teachers are the most overworked, underappreciated, and underpaid people in the world. (Next to writers, of course.) I bow with great respect to them. I'd love to do it once in a while, but full time? I'm not sure I could handle it.Earl Staggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349667172813175960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-60707475830988568222012-07-04T09:42:31.596-04:002012-07-04T09:42:31.596-04:00Thanks, Coco. It was a terrifying challenge and I ...Thanks, Coco. It was a terrifying challenge and I was glad when it was over. BUT, I'd do it again in a heartbest.Earl Staggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349667172813175960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-51439626878660522612012-07-03T18:35:25.294-04:002012-07-03T18:35:25.294-04:00That's a great story. This is probably the onl...That's a great story. This is probably the only time I felt like I really wanted to be a teacher in a classroom.Susan Oleksiwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693057997469296068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-90387393282959505772012-07-03T18:07:36.213-04:002012-07-03T18:07:36.213-04:00Earl, what a wonderful class you led! It was pure ...Earl, what a wonderful class you led! It was pure inspiration. A mighty whoop, whoop, whoop to you!Coco Ihlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02200793687248191078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-70370178910663550422012-07-03T06:56:02.560-04:002012-07-03T06:56:02.560-04:00Thanks for your note, Kaye, darlin'. You alway...Thanks for your note, Kaye, darlin'. You always make me smile.Earl Staggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349667172813175960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-40992670863907180592012-07-03T06:53:53.400-04:002012-07-03T06:53:53.400-04:00Sheila, I loved your delightful story about meetin...Sheila, I loved your delightful story about meeting your first author. It's easy to see why it stuck with you all these years.Earl Staggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349667172813175960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-86609314644851694882012-07-02T19:13:25.386-04:002012-07-02T19:13:25.386-04:00Will I ever see the name Earl Staggs again ever wi...Will I ever see the name Earl Staggs again ever without thinking WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP!<br /><br />doubtful!<br /><br />love this!!!!!!Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-1760442492541154222012-07-02T09:53:54.870-04:002012-07-02T09:53:54.870-04:00Great post, Earl - I enjoyed it the first time, an...Great post, Earl - I enjoyed it the first time, and the re-reads jsut as well! Nurturing love for reading, writing, stories, and all the other beautiful things the world offers is, I think, one of our most important jobs as writers. I think you did great. WHOOP! (I'm blogging today about meeting my first author when I was a kid - come take a look if you have a chance - http://www.sheilaboneham.blogspot.com )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535695542961577318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-60618039369163040752012-07-02T09:42:19.863-04:002012-07-02T09:42:19.863-04:00Earl, this whoop thing is really going to catch on...Earl, this whoop thing is really going to catch on! I can see headlines all over ... Whoop for YOU! ThelmaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-14968948669298541112012-07-02T06:46:10.673-04:002012-07-02T06:46:10.673-04:00Thelma, my thanks to you and your Crime Writers bl...Thelma, my thanks to you and your Crime Writers blogmates for allowing me and the kids to appear here. We should do all we can to encourage future generations of writers. If we don't, the future may be filled with texters and our craft may fade away.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by, Janet, and a big Whoop! cheer right back to you.Earl Staggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349667172813175960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-85601908142248194412012-07-01T19:39:13.677-04:002012-07-01T19:39:13.677-04:00Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!Janet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-13954528421512187872012-07-01T19:39:04.567-04:002012-07-01T19:39:04.567-04:00Thank you, Earl. I wish you had come to my school ...Thank you, Earl. I wish you had come to my school when I was five! ThelmaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com