Anyway, we were sitting in Ms Preston’s 8th-grade English class learning how to diagram sentences. I wasn’t really paying attention as I had my eye on Lisa Haynes, who was the best-looking girl in our class and who also was a cheerleader. She was about 54, 110 lbs., blonde hair and blue eyes. At that time, I had a thing and still do for those knee socks, especially on Lisa.
As Ms Preston continued to teach, Lisa and Cindy Doty were carrying on a conversation and passing notes back and forth. Ms Preston was a no-nonsense 45-year-old, slender, blonde, fairly attractive teacher. She used the paddle quite often, mostly on boys and every once in a while a girl.