I got a nice email from my mother, who apologized for forgetting my friend Jenny. And mentioned another Japanese student, Keiko, who I have forgotten. Memory is a weird and fallible thing.
Also, apparently we were each conflating events with regard to school, snow, and my being put into a different class: she had walked me to kindergarten in the snow, after letting me go by myself in nice weather because I wanted to, I was reasonably sensible, and there was a crossing guard. And that got thrown in with being put in a different class because of a teachers' strike.
Mom, FYI: you can leave comments here by clicking where it says "Toss me a curve", and read other people's comments where it says "[n] conic sections". (Those are my versions of the LJ-default "Leave a comment | n comments" links.) Edited to add: how odd: it seems to have lost that customization, and be showing the bog-standard versions.
Also, apparently we were each conflating events with regard to school, snow, and my being put into a different class: she had walked me to kindergarten in the snow, after letting me go by myself in nice weather because I wanted to, I was reasonably sensible, and there was a crossing guard. And that got thrown in with being put in a different class because of a teachers' strike.
Mom, FYI: you can leave comments here by clicking where it says "Toss me a curve", and read other people's comments where it says "[n] conic sections". (Those are my versions of the LJ-default "Leave a comment | n comments" links.) Edited to add: how odd: it seems to have lost that customization, and be showing the bog-standard versions.