Leslie and her handsome fiancé, David were here for a wonderful visit full of laughs and love. Leslie shared a very funny story about her students at Green Hedges. One of the girls asked her “Ms. Lewis, what did people do back in the old days before there were Emojis?” Leslie has always been a quick thinker. She walked to the White Board and said solemnly, “Well, I’ll show you.” She demonstrated as she spoke.
“Back in the day, when we wanted to make a smiley face, we had to make colon followed by a parenthesis.” :)
The children were fascinated and aghast at the same time as Leslie continued showing them the ancient art of keyboard smileys:
P: (sticking tongue out)
:-/ (confused)
8-( (rolling eyes)
Feel free to share your own Throwback Favorites.
As Leslie goes on to her new venture and career with Cricket Media, I’m sure parents out there will want to thank her for keeping History alive for children.