[the Writing of Kuypers]
is something I’ll never forget from
“tough ten” and once we had to
It was a form of black lung disease,
world. I still remember it to this
then use it in a sentence. Whenever
the lyrics: “doctor, doctor, give me
and wouldn’t be able to say “loving
the next word.
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Childhood Memories five
I was in the fifth grade, and I had
Mr. Roop for spelling and english.
He was a great teacher, but there
his class. You see, he had this
honors spelling team called the
learn the word “pneumonoultra-
microscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.”
the longest word in the english
language, the second largest in the
day. And when giving us weekly
spelling tests, he would say a word,
the word “doctor” came up, he
would say the word, then recite
the news, I’ve got a bad case of...”
and he’d get embarrassed and laugh
you.” And we’d laugh too, write the
word down, and wait for him to say 
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