tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post1849590899508017659..comments2023-07-04T03:04:37.725-07:00Comments on The Veteran Experience | Ben Shaw: Furry Syphilis In A BagBen Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08280885836684955658noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post-80470762470077405692009-04-09T05:54:43.063-07:002009-04-09T05:54:43.063-07:00First of all... Did you drop the BB's on purpo...First of all... Did you drop the BB's on purpose? Just to see what would happen?<br>And second of all... This story very much intrigued me, very good writing. Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post-21817995466830792662009-04-09T10:18:45.041-07:002009-04-09T10:18:45.041-07:00I'd like to give him a big hug.Good writing, t...I'd like to give him a big hug.<br><br>Good writing, tks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post-864731046927505632009-04-09T11:09:48.166-07:002009-04-09T11:09:48.166-07:00I wish Mr. Sellers was really my grandfather.I wish Mr. Sellers was really my grandfather.Melodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post-50278124493882053412009-04-09T17:53:52.412-07:002009-04-09T17:53:52.412-07:00I hope you sent this story to Mr Sellers. What a w...I hope you sent this story to Mr Sellers. What a wonderful tribute to a teacher who has made a lifelong impact on you and many other students. <br>Mr Sellers, can I audit your class?Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post-87358287326348478232009-04-09T19:18:04.663-07:002009-04-09T19:18:04.663-07:00I believe it was my first semester with him that I...I believe it was my first semester with him that I was somehow offered and accepted to eat the 10 year old cracker.Mary Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475322146649709121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post-15817998705080422722009-04-09T19:54:06.920-07:002009-04-09T19:54:06.920-07:00Eww...I was always amazed people ate the tootsie r...Eww...I was always amazed people ate the tootsie rolls he handed out in class. (oh wait...I think I ate them too! Oops) :)Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05822702121223961155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post-34019235935792230942009-04-10T05:58:00.394-07:002009-04-10T05:58:00.394-07:00He sounds like the sort of soul this world needs m...He sounds like the sort of soul this world needs more of. <br><br>I would highly recommend reading the story of another such involved teacher, Dr. William Lane. The book is called The Walk, by author and musician Michael Card.Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12340456181501341820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586080509912068029.post-43093020536365268792009-04-13T15:49:28.788-07:002009-04-13T15:49:28.788-07:00When I tried to make Mr. Sellers cookies halfway t...When I tried to make Mr. Sellers cookies halfway through the semester, the oven broke (literally), little screws fell from the ceiling of the oven into my peanut butter cookie batter, and they were all singed to a crisp. I put them in a ziploc bag and wrote "clear evidence of carbon bonded to carbon." I hope he didn't try to make anyone eat those.<br><br>He had a huge garden trowel collection. What were the garden trowels intended to teach? I can't remember.<br><br>What I liked best was when Mr. Sellers would stroll into class with his little cart, thumb through a stack of blank index cards, and say, "Now, we're going to see how things are going. You can write on one side, or two sides, of the index card, about how things are going."<br><br>"Mr. Sellers?" someone would inevitably ask. "How things are going in this class?"<br><br>"The answer is, how things are going." He would smile. "If you have any things going on outside of class, you can tell me how those things are going. If not, you can write about how things are going in this class."<br><br>Once I furiously wrote out a frustrated love epic of which I was in the midst at the time, and the next time I happened to see Mr. Sellers in the hallway he patiently told me what he thought about it.<br><br>Yeah, he's a wonderful man, Mr. Sellers.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07763209657254848735noreply@blogger.com