History

History

My most memorable History class was with Jack McCarty.

High school Junior year I believe.

It was mandatory which meant

Everyone had to go in order to get a high school diploma.

Mandatory also meant

people attended whose feelings about history ranged from

Love to Hate,

interested to absorbed,

already interested,

never interested,

disgusted,

hating this,

will get back at teacher,

or 

nap time.

Jack was so eternally enthusiastic,

that I forced myself to be interested,

then, as I listened to him in a room littered with

snoring, fidgeting, disinteresteds,

There I was being interested in history,

to this day.

Sometimes it would be so un class-like,

The students began losing interest

fast.

Jack would climb onto his desk and orate form there.

It worked for awhile.

Eventually the class would deteriorate again until the bell sounded for us to move along.

Thanks to Jack,

for My love of history.

Here's a movie I did of a reenactment...

dedicated this time to Jack...