Old Teacher

When I was in secondary school (which, as you can imagine, wasn’t extremely recent), we had this very mean geography teacher called Ludmila Ananievna. This is a highly unusual and very funny-sounding patronymic that I never encountered since.

Today I went on the school website because I want to give several copies of my book to the school library and I need the address. And what do I see? A new generation of students complaining about the mean geography teacher called Ludmila Ananievna. I never thought I’d be so happy to see the old bat’s name in any context.

She used to be on my case a lot because I was too mousy and quiet. Guess I got over that problem big way since then.

3 responses to “Old Teacher”

  1. bluebird of bitterness Avatar

    When my daughter was growing up she had a Russian hamster named Ludmila. (She also had Russian hamsters named Ivan, Vladimir, Dmitri, Boris, and Natasha.)

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    1. Dame Eleanor Hull Avatar

      Did the hamsters complain about Moose and Squirrel?

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