John Surratt Jr. as a teacher

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Quote:Bouncing erasers off of students' heads was viewed as a means of survival in my classroom of the 70s! It shut up the talkative Mr. Fones in a hurry and earned me admiration from the rest of the students. The thought that a 21-year-old teacher could throw with accuracy from the front of the class to the last row of seats in the back brought shock and awe.

Believe it or not, twenty-plus years ago (when I began working at Surratt House and the government agency which owns it), one of the public affairs officers was a student of mine from that same classroom. Naturally, he related the story of my throwing skills to anyone who would listen... I still get teased.

My father's student's once gave him a cartoon depicting him throwing erasers in the classroom. He has it to this day framed and on the wall of his house. It was all in good fun (mostly) for my father as he is fondly remembered by many of his student's as one of their favorite teachers.

I was a recipient of some corporal punishiment in the late 70's as well--Upon learning that I would be paddled on Monday after a late Friday crime, I prepared by putting pot-holders in my underwear--didn't feel a thing.