Comments on: Stop. Me if you’ve heard this one. http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2006/03/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one.html I'm having the time of my life writing for children and teenagers, from goofy picture books to painstakingly researched nonfiction. Here, you can read more about me, my books, and my in-person visits with young readers. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Louise http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2006/03/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one.html/comment-page-1#comment-314 Louise Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:29:29 +0000 http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2006/03/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one.html#comment-314 Oooh - flashbacks to Grade 10 English Class. Our teacher spent forever on this poem teasing out multiple hidden meanings. I found it quite painful. Well before the end of the exercise I had an alternate suggestion for what "miles to go before I sleep" may have been referring to. However, to this day, I can still recite the entire thing - and most of the "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" one as well. Oooh – flashbacks to Grade 10 English Class. Our teacher spent forever on this poem teasing out multiple hidden meanings. I found it quite painful. Well before the end of the exercise I had an alternate suggestion for what “miles to go before I sleep” may have been referring to.

However, to this day, I can still recite the entire thing – and most of the “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” one as well.

]]> By: Louise http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2006/03/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one.html/comment-page-1#comment-1106 Louise Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:29:29 +0000 http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2006/03/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one.html#comment-1106 Oooh - flashbacks to Grade 10 English Class. Our teacher spent forever on this poem teasing out multiple hidden meanings. I found it quite painful. Well before the end of the exercise I had an alternate suggestion for what "miles to go before I sleep" may have been referring to. However, to this day, I can still recite the entire thing - and most of the "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" one as well. Oooh – flashbacks to Grade 10 English Class. Our teacher spent forever on this poem teasing out multiple hidden meanings. I found it quite painful. Well before the end of the exercise I had an alternate suggestion for what “miles to go before I sleep” may have been referring to.

However, to this day, I can still recite the entire thing – and most of the “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” one as well.

]]> By: Louise http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2006/03/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one.html/comment-page-1#comment-1876 Louise Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:29:29 +0000 http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2006/03/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one.html#comment-1876 Oooh - flashbacks to Grade 10 English Class. Our teacher spent forever on this poem teasing out multiple hidden meanings. I found it quite painful. Well before the end of the exercise I had an alternate suggestion for what "miles to go before I sleep" may have been referring to. However, to this day, I can still recite the entire thing - and most of the "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" one as well. Oooh – flashbacks to Grade 10 English Class. Our teacher spent forever on this poem teasing out multiple hidden meanings. I found it quite painful. Well before the end of the exercise I had an alternate suggestion for what “miles to go before I sleep” may have been referring to.

However, to this day, I can still recite the entire thing – and most of the “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” one as well.

]]> By: Kelly http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2006/03/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one.html/comment-page-1#comment-313 Kelly Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:57:07 +0000 http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2006/03/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one.html#comment-313 The Frost was the one poem I had to memorize as a kid (with the exception on a year in Scotland when it was all Burns all the time!) The Frost was the one poem I had to memorize as a kid (with the exception on a year in Scotland when it was all Burns all the time!)

]]> By: Kelly http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2006/03/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one.html/comment-page-1#comment-1103 Kelly Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:57:07 +0000 http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2006/03/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one.html#comment-1103 The Frost was the one poem I had to memorize as a kid (with the exception on a year in Scotland when it was all Burns all the time!) The Frost was the one poem I had to memorize as a kid (with the exception on a year in Scotland when it was all Burns all the time!)

]]> By: Kelly http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2006/03/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one.html/comment-page-1#comment-1875 Kelly Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:57:07 +0000 http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2006/03/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one.html#comment-1875 The Frost was the one poem I had to memorize as a kid (with the exception on a year in Scotland when it was all Burns all the time!) The Frost was the one poem I had to memorize as a kid (with the exception on a year in Scotland when it was all Burns all the time!)

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