The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News - Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

The only real trouble I had in school happened when I wasn't paying attention.

This might occur in the spring of the year, when a young boy's fancy turns to anything but the three R's. Sometimes the winter gets boring, and it's easier to think about basketball games than it is to concentrate on schoolwork. Then there's autumn, my favorite time of the year – not because school has started, but because football games and hunting seasons are underway. How can a person concentrate on schoolwork with those distractions?

I would sometimes get punished in school for not paying attention. I remember o...