From: Killeen, Erlene <Erlene.Killeen>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:54:04 -0400

My experience with Joey Pigza was delightful and I am so thankful that Jack wrote those books! My ADD and learning disabled child WAS a burden on the entire family and also a JOY! The biggest help from the books was being able to laugh at the crazy antics described and then *sigh* and think, at least he never cut anyone's nose with the scissors!! It was a great stress reliever for me!! Several teachers I worked with read the series and had similar reactions while thinking of children in their former classes. None of us took it as the gospel -- more an exaggeration or an expression of what it felt like to the Nth degree!!

Erlene Bishop Killeen Instructional Systems Specialist Information Center Programs Department of Defense Education Activity 4040 Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203 703-588-3132 erlene.killeen at hq.dodea.edu
"Nothing is ever achieved without enthusiasm." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Received on Thu 12 Oct 2006 12:54:04 PM CDT