I was once in demand on the speaking circuit.
Asked back year after year, there was no doubt of the appreciation for the information I had to impart and how well it was received.
One year, my talk was so successful, it was made into a book.
I just found it the other day.
We all have our successes in a million little ways.
Edit: There has been some confusion as to the illustrator. “1/2 Lucas” refers to composite Grade 1 and 2 taught by Miss Lucas. All the drawings were done by the children in the class. I just blocked out their names on the pages for privacy reasons. Weird how cultural assumptions never seem to translate automatically….
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1/2 Lucas is a wonderful illustrator 🙂
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Yes, they are. BTW, there’s an edit on the page now to clarify the illustrator. Never occurred to me people wouldn’t understand. Of course, you may have and are being your usual witty self, which was my first assumption. Naturally.
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I love your assumption that I’m witty. In this case, I was confused and just trying to fake it. Thanks for clearing this up!
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OMG – this is so cute! I loved the illustrations … especially the snowy mountains. That one really appealed to me 🙂
You’re famous now …. have you hired a publicist yet?
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I’m not sure if I’ve got time right now for Leno, Fallon and Co. Maybe after the race.
Aren’t they great? I loved them all. And I loved what they remembered. 🙂
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I laughed out loud at the sudden random page about growing potatoes 🙂 You’re right, it is telling what they remember .. and how they visualize it.
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Potatoes really did originate in Peru, you know. They have 4,000 different varieties. We got to eat about eight of them I think.
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I didn’t know that! My new fact for the day 🙂
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Excellent. Then my work for the day is done. And it’s not even 8 o’clock! Woot! Day off!
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Pour yourself a glass of wine and put your feet up 🙂
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Right after I wrote that the school rang and I got called into work. The gods must have been pissing themselves at that little practical joke.
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They’re just hilarious, aren’t they?
Can you keep them occupied over there for a while? I’m not in the mood for their shinanigans.
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Great book. My parents have traveled to build schools. Something I should do some day.
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It was an amazing experience and I’d love to do another such trip. My word of advice would be to choose your program carefully. Make sure it is one that works closely with the locals to ensure you are building something they actually need and that there’s also follow through. It’s no good building a school in a village if you don’t then help them fund furniture, books and a teacher’s salary.
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1/2 Lucas? Where is the other half?
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Har har har… Gosh, you’re all so witty. 😀
Please refer to an edit to the post for clarification. 🙂
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You mean I have to return?
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Or stay confused. Makes no difference to me. 😀
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Grrr… you are becoming as bad as the Mistress of La Salon!! I saw your nonchalant shrugging of the shoulders…
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How cool!!
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Très cool. Or, since it’s about Peru, muy cool. 🙂
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Why 1/2 Lucas? You knew we were going to ask, right? And this is just so darlin’, as we say down South. Bless his WHOLE heart.
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Clarification added to the end of the post, if you would care to be enlightened.
It’s so gorgeous. I feel bad I stuck it in a box and shoved it under a table in the corner. It needs a better home.
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I always care to be enlightened! Thank you, Mrs. Dempsey. This was a particularly charming post.
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It’s about the aeroplane … I shall say no more (because I have a low mind).
X !
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Margaret-Rose, corrupting the innocent across the blogosphere….. 😛
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About whom do we speak, specifically ???
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Oh, errr. Nobody. In particular. Just someone I heard about. Once. Carry on.
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Very well. As you were …
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I love making books with my class. The illustrations are the best part because it’s all about them and how they see the world. This is a very special 1st edition!
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Especially at this age (6-8 year olds). I love how they interpret what they hear. I was so touched when they presented it to me. 🙂
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I’ve learnt much from Lucas’ report, including that Mrs Dempsey is a very inspiring and interesting speaker. 🙂
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I was impressed they remembered so much, especially incidental things like the emergency horse and the building tax. 🙂
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The only speaking circuit that really matters. 😇
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Didn’t put much in the bank account but paid pretty handsomely in other ways. 🙂
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Captivating!
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Wonderful illustrations. The children certainly know how to use their colourful pencils/crayons/paints, they illustrations do fit your words. Maybe you should pay the kids a visit again and chat the day away with them. Then they’d have something to look forward to at school and look forward to drawing more in class 🙂
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I’d love to but they’re all in high school now. 😀 Even I can’t believe it’s been that long.
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Now, this is classic. A wonderful idea to share your experience with the young and have them illustrate what they took from your talk. Master of Something Yet already inspiring young bloggers. I can see it now…..yes, you’ve got them on their way to illustrating their posts and everything. I love the llama and horse drawings on the same page…..it’s clearly a llama since it has no mane. Do feel bad for that horse though……am wondering if it was actually not a full-bred horse, but a llama-horse mix? 🙂
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I felt sorry for the horse but more sorry for the young lad charged with looking after it. He only had sandals on his feet and we ended up walking in quite deep snow.
Thank you for the encouragement. It would be nice to think I’ve inspired something.
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Hey, you’ve already inspired me, so you’re well ahead of where you put yourself! 🙂
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Besides being absolutely adorable I am feeling much better prepared for our trip. 🙂
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Ah. Doubly educational. This makes me happy. 🙂
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What a terrific experience for you and certainly the children appreciated learning about the differences about living in Peru. Fantastic! I loved the slide show too. 🙂
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What a gruelling and fantastic experience! The teaching, of course. And the trip–the trip, also! Very impressive, and the good must have far outweighed the uncomfortable and tiring bad.
The book is wonderful. I didn’t know the L trick. I had never heard of an Emergency Horse, and hope I retain that important concept for a while. I wish I had an emergency animal. Mine would be a bunny.
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Gruelling is right. Being interrogated by 6 and 7 year olds….
Llamas are useless actually. When the weather turned bad they all ran away.
I would need an Energizer Bunny.
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