It’s amazing some of the things you remember from when you were in grammar school. For instance, every great once in a while I remember a superstitious trick that my fourth grade teacher taught us about the first of every month. She said that if you say “Jimeny Cricket” as the very first words out of your mouth on the first of a new month, it’ll be a lucky month for you.

Now, I’m not saying that she was a superstitious freak.. it was just more of one of those things she said in passing one day to amuse her students.. to this day I remember this. Before today, I can’t remember the last time that I actually said these words upon waking.. I rarely even think about it.. sometimes it just happens, though.

After thinking about this for a bit while I was in the shower this morning, I was wondering if I could remember how to spell my fourth grade teacher’s name, Mrs. Goeckel. After a minute it came to me.. “George’s Old Eagle Caught Kyle Eating Limes.” She taught us this mnemonic on the very first day of school and I believe that she quizzed us on the second day. How do I remember this? I don’t consider this valuable knowledge.. meanwhile, I can hardly recall the fomula for the quadratic equation that I spent at least 6 or 7 years of my life working with in various math classes. It’s strange how the human memory works.

In case you’re wondering about the quadaratic equation.. it’s: