Tim Donovan
Mrs. Walch was often outgoing and passionate. Occasionally to a fault….For a time she had lunch duty with Mr. Ferguson. She was friendly toward him but soon began to lecture him intensely; it certainly seemed that way even though I was too far to hear anything. Ferguson just kept nodding his head when Walch spoke passionately into his ear. Soon, however, he must've told her to lay off, for the next day(?) she was quiet and completely avoided him. She was still standing close to him but looked the other way.
One day after a fire drill, Walch criticized the class for being lax in some way, and chewed us out ("don't you care about your lives?!").
A passionate person with a "short fuse", Walch often got carried away a bit. One day she mentioned seeing workers at a construction site, and being impressed by their technique or routine. She then asked if we had seen that. When nobody indicated they did, she "blew up" a bit, saying we "should get out of this school and go and see the world in action!" Lol.
Another time, she asked kids what they planned to do. She asked "Bradley, what will you give to America??" "When Bradley said he didn't know, she mocking said "duuhhh…"
Another example of Walch getting carried away occurred when the class was reading something about a rural family. Walch derisively repeated what a character in the story said ("It's getting to be a trick horse…that takes the dignity out of a horse.."). She considered that an example of men being raised to be "rough and tough," and "ending up on a psychiatrist's couch." At least one student, C. Downing, chuckled at that.
One day after a fire drill, Walch criticized the class for being lax in some way, and chewed us out ("don't you care about your lives?!").
A passionate person with a "short fuse", Walch often got carried away a bit. One day she mentioned seeing workers at a construction site, and being impressed by their technique or routine. She then asked if we had seen that. When nobody indicated they did, she "blew up" a bit, saying we "should get out of this school and go and see the world in action!" Lol.
Another time, she asked kids what they planned to do. She asked "Bradley, what will you give to America??" "When Bradley said he didn't know, she mocking said "duuhhh…"
Another example of Walch getting carried away occurred when the class was reading something about a rural family. Walch derisively repeated what a character in the story said ("It's getting to be a trick horse…that takes the dignity out of a horse.."). She considered that an example of men being raised to be "rough and tough," and "ending up on a psychiatrist's couch." At least one student, C. Downing, chuckled at that.
