April 18
What a dope I am! I didn't even understand what she was talking
about. I read the grammar book last night and it explanes the whole thing.
Then I saw it was the same way as Miss Kinnian was trying to tell me, but
I didn't get it. I got up in the middle of the night, and the whole thing straight-
ened out in my mind.
Miss Kinnian said that the TV working in my sleep helped out. She said
I reached a plateau. Thats like the flat top of a hill.
After I figgered out how punctuation worked, I read over all myoid
Progress Reports from the beginning. Boy, did I have crazy spelling and
punctuation! I told Miss Kinnian I ought to go over the pages and fix all the
mistakes but she said, "No, Charlie, Dr. Nemur wants them just as they are.
That's why he let you keep them after they were photostated, to see your own
progress. You're coming along fast, Charlie."
That made me feel good. After the lesson I went down and played with
Algernon. We don't race any more.
YOU ARE READING
flowers for Algernon
Science Fictionthis story is not mine I just wrote it on here.
