Do any of you guys know Mary Ann?
Sometimes we forget that there really are a lot of good people trapped in that sham organization. Mary Ann is one of those people. I got to laughing about her this morning. Let me tell you a few things about Mary Ann.
When I was in 7th grade, we got a new Foreign Language Teacher, French/German. She was the type that you THOUGHT you could run right over, but not really. LOL. She was so quiet and mild. Whenever she showed the classroom movies from France, the opening credits had scenes of a nude statue. She would block the projector with a piece of cardboard. How, you may ask, do I know what was being blocked? One day she got to the projector too late and SCANDALOUS!!!! we were exposed to the horrors of a naked sculpture, LOL. She got so flustered!!
Then one day our school outlawed chewing gum. Of course, I still wanted to chew it (like everyone else). The secret was not to get CAUGHT. Well, I only got caught once. The teacher asked me, "Are you chewing gum?" Me, being a smart-ass/class clown says, "It's Aspergum." The teacher said, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you weren't feeling well! But, we have to send all the kids to the principal's office when they're caught with gum." LOL. She was trying to help me save face in front of the class.
THAT SUCKED!!! My first time ever in the principal's office!!! That was back in the day, they called home and my dad came in. I'll never forget Bruce Smith (Principal) telling me, "Check Yes, Yes, and sign your name." I had to complete a form that gave me In School Suspension for one day. Oh, the horrors!!! LOL, they started a file on me because I was officially busted.
My dad's face was really red at that point, I was scared shitless. I found out why in the car. The teacher was none other than Mary Ann Seward, who was a WITNESS!!!! I had lied to a JW!!!
I honestly felt bad about it and went and apologised to her the next day. Yes, she knew I was a JW. suck suck suck. But, she never held it against me. I was one of her top students. I really liked her.
Then, when I was in high school, 11th grade I think, the movie Platoon came out. My dad took all of us to see it. Rated R, and him being an elder. (The only R rated movie I ever saw while living at home.) One of the other Elder's wives, Barb Withers, ran her mouth all over the congregation about it, and whether my dad should still be an elder. Then, she tried gossiping to Mary Ann, who basically told her to mind her own business.
WOW!!! Mary Ann got fired up about it, too. Barb worrying about my family's business.
Mary Ann resigned from her full-time teaching job to Reg. Pio. I'm sure, like all of us she thought the Big A was any day now.
About two years later I got to Regular Pioneer with Mary Ann, and I have to honestly say every day I got to be with Mary Ann was fun. One time she ran a stop sign by mistake. I pointed it out to her, so she made the block and came to a full STOP!!! just in case any of the people in the neighborhood were watching.
I never heard Mary Ann say one bad word about anyone. A lot of us could still learn something from her.
Lisa
Edited by - LDH on 13 January 2003 17:55:29