![]() ![]() Most memorable school moment: the rocket launch that went awry in my 8th grade gifted class. After finishing a master’s degree in education, I did a five year stint in the classroom, teaching grades four through eight. On the side, I earned extra money as a storyteller for various kids’ events in Cleveland. They included an absent-minded recycling character named Tin Can Tilly and an early female botanist named Harriet Keeler. “I have to admit that not much changed once I grew up! In fact, my first real job after college was working for a local park system, creating and portraying park characters. I was the kind of kid who put on pioneer skits in the backyard, kept a menagerie of pets in the basement, and read a lot. The sameness of my neighborhood may explain why I craved different-ness as a child. Imagine one of those neighborhoods where all of the houses are the same, all of the yards are the same, and each family has 1.5 maple trees on their tree lawn. Shelley Pearsall on Shelley Pearsall: “I grew up in Ohio in a suburban Cleveland neighborhood called Parma. ![]()
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