"... There was an old school desk that she had restored in one of the rooms in the house. it had been painted mint green all around, with the alphabet and the numbers 0-9 written in bright blue fabric paint across the top. Once a day for at least 30 minutes, we would receive individual 'tutoring,' so to speak, where we would learn how to first write all of the letters, then write our names, and later, how to write our names in a sentence. Once we were able to write, we would then learn how to read simple children's books with her. What helped us learn quicker, even though we despised it at the time, was that when we misbehaved, she had us go sit at that infernal mint green desk and perform some sort of writing exercise. Depending on how much we had learned with her, it would vary from writing ten words that begin with the most recent letter we learned, or ten sentences consisting of so many words each..."
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