Life At College

Mary Ingalls On Her Own~Elizabeth Kimmel Willard
I read form page 1 to page 54

I had to return my other book to the library and now have it back, but at the time I didn't and I needed something else to read.  So I choose this book which is about Mary Ingalls which is Laura Ingalls' sister.

The book started off with Mary traveling with Ma and Pa to the College for the Blind in Iowa.  They took the train there.  Ma and Pa told Mary what the school looked like because she was blind.  When they got there, they sat in the sitting room and waited for the Principal of the school to come and greet them.  He welcomed Mary to the school and he told her that she had two roommates. One of them was sick with a cold and one was in classes.  He said that her room was the fourth door on the right on the second floor.  He said not to count the gray supply closet.  When they got up there, Mary felt like she was going to cry.  She asked if she could do this on her own.  Ma and Pa reluctantly let her and they said good-bye for the night.  Mary started to count only she made the mistake of counting the supply closet.  When she thought that she was at her room, she opened the door.  Mattie, the girl whose room it was got really mad at Mary because she knocked over her beads.  She was really rude and not nice.  Mary apologized and found her real room.  She got settled in and after a little while Blanche the roommate that wasn't sick came in and showed her to the dinning hall.  Her other roommate was named Hannah and she was the one with the bad cold.  They ate dinner and then went back to their room. Mary fell asleep and woke up the next morning.  She remembered that today was the day of her entrance examinations.  I left off with Miss. Mattice (who is a very nice lady who works there) came and took Mary to take her examination.  She asked her one question so far which was about the Continental Congress.

Question:  I wonder how Mary will do on her own without any family members around by her.  Right now Ma and Pa are still in town, but they won't be for very long.  I think that Mary will do just fine and will get used to it, but it might be a little while before that happens.

Prediction:  I predict that Mary will pass the examination with no problem at all.  The reason is because she spent a lot of time studying for it before she came to college and Miss. Mattice said that she was a very good student when she went to school as a child.  Miss. Mattice didn't think that Mary would have any trouble at all with the examination.

Connection:  It would be really hard for me to be away from my family for a long time.  Plus, I have a pretty hard time falling asleep at someone else's house.  I don't know how Mary will do.

Key Question:  There is not a Key Question this week.