Ramsey County History – Spring 1972: “A Teacher Looks Back at PTA, 4-H—and How a Frog in a Desk Drawer Became a Lesson in Biology”

A Teacher Looks Back at PTA, 4-H—and How a Frog in a Desk Drawer Became a Lesson in Biology
Author: Alice Olson

The second of two parts (see Fall 1971) based on the author’s memoirs of her 50-year teaching career. In this part, the author has returned to teaching, in Maplewood, after several years away. The Great Depression has just begun. She teaches grades four through eight and is also the principal of a two-room school. She writes of her PTA and 4-H work, school enrichment programs, student discipline, and humorous anecdotes, including a frog in her desk drawer.
PDF of Olson article