Jul 30 2011
100 Word Essays
“Hey, stop swackin’ me, braids!”
— The kid tries to gets her pigtails to behave
On a recent visit to my mom’s place, she presented me with an old paper I’d written way back in 1972 when I was all of nine years old. Looking at it now, it doesn’t seem terribly legible. However, it did bring back a few memories.
I remember that at this particular time we had a regular (probably weekly) in-class assignment of writing a 100 word essay on a variety of subject matter. Of course, being a kid I tried to race through writing the essay, making a competition out of how fast I could crank it out.
I cracked a smile upon seeing the “(130 words)” notation I’d written on the paper. That was my 9 year-old self letting the teacher know I’d gone above and beyond the essay’s 100 word requirement. I also noticed that the essay gets much more disjointed once the magical 100 word milestone is met. Yep, that’s the 9 year old me trying to finish the essay so I can hit recess.
Some things never change. (165 words)
