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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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A report on flying cows, an acrostic poem music video request, and a collection of bizarre elementary school aphorisms. Recorded live at the Mercury Room in Edmonton, AB. ## Links ## Rate GRTTWaK in iTunes: https://goo.gl/duVGq4 Join the mailing list: http://goo.gl/WvM6yG Upcoming live events: http://goo.gl/ZL2MJm Photos from our Edmonton event: https://goo.gl/sbxilJ Twitter: http://twitter.com/GRTTWaK Instagram: http://instagram.com/GRTTWaK Facebook: http://facebook.com/grownupsreadthingstheywroteaskids

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0:00.0	When Sheila was 10, her teacher got sick.
0:03.1	So, she wrote him a letter.
0:05.1	Dear Mr. Collins, I hope you're feeling better, even though we have a very nice substitute.
0:10.9	We miss you so much.
0:13.1	We are getting away with murder since you left.
0:18.2	I hope to see you soon, your pupil, Sheila.
0:26.1	That's Sheila, reading a letter she sent to her teacher in 1972.
0:31.4	And this, well, this is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:35.3	I'm Dan Meisner.
0:36.4	This is a show where we go back in time
0:38.2	to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up. This time recorded live at
0:44.7	the Mercury Room in Edmonton, Alberta, we have a report on flying cows, an acrostic poem,
0:50.8	music video request, and a collection of bizarre elementary school aphorisms.
0:56.8	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and it doesn't just give us a peek into who we used to be.
1:02.6	It can help us understand who we are today.
1:04.9	So think about who you were, when you were a kid, and stick around.
1:19.5	Joining us on stage right now, do you all remember much music?
1:27.4	When Eric was 16 years old, he wrote a poem and sent it to much music. He's going to read you that poem now. Ladies and gentlemen,
1:30.3	please welcome to our stage, Eric.
1:36.3	So next month, I'm turning 39, but I wrote this
1:41.3	23 years ago when I was 16, back in 1992.
1:46.0	And back then, much music had a show called RSVP,
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