Keep Those Cards and Letters Coming In!

     Dean Martin used to end his weekly TV show
with the line "Keep those cards and letters coming
in."
     Most of us don't get many cards and letters
these days with the possible exception of those
we find in our mailbox around Christmas.
     The majority of communications come via
email, Facebook, and, most of all, Texting.
      It was, therefore, with great delight that I
received a manila envelope filled with cards from
those 5th Graders I spoke before at Bear Creek
Community Charter School last week.
      They were personal 'Thank You Cards'
written and hand crafted by the kids who listened
to my presentation about the sinking of Titanic in
1912.
       They displayed both thoughtful comments as
 well as some very creative art work!
       I must have done an OK job.
       One student wrote..."I can't believe you know
so many facts about the Titanic. It's ridiculous.(In a
good way.")'
       In another card a young lady wrote..." I didn't
know that Jack Dawson doesn't exist,,,,"
       One student told me she had taken 4 pages of
 notes during my presentation. I may order a copy!
 It could help me arrange my lecture in a more
 orderly fashion!
        One young lady described my talk as..."Very
 cool an funny." That's pretty high praise from a
 5th Grader!
        Many of the cards recounted some of the stories
 I shared with the classes that day. That proved they
 were listening!
        And I was especially pleased to see notes from
 several kids who said they now plan to read more
 books about the Titanic to learn more about that
 famous, and historical, disaster!
        Perhaps the highest praise came from one 5th
 grader who wrote..."It was never boring. I didn't want
 to fall asleep." It kind of made me remember all the
 rest I got when I was in 5th grade!
         And a First grader at Wilkes-Barre Academy
 told his teacher I was "Cool."
        Of course his teacher is my daughter so he may
  be just pushing for an "A." 
        Thanks for all those cards kids!
         Hope we all keep on learning and that all your
 NEWS is good."