Indeed You Can: A True Story Edged in Humor to Inspire All Ages to Rush Forward with Arms Outstretched and Embrace Life. Elleta Nolte

stories, taught by the head of the English department. I found the classroom, walked in and then stood uncertainly as I glanced around at the small class. The professor asked, “Can I help you?” I explained I was enrolled in his class, and he answered, “You can’t be, my class is full…but, oh well, sit down.”

      I sat on the front row and listened with rapt attention to the discussion of the short stories. Yet later when the professor handed out the first test, I was so traumatized I could scarcely read the questions, even though I knew many of the answers. I flunked the test, completely bottomed out. And I thought, “wait till my advisor learns of this.” Devastated, I swallowed my pride, crawled into my instructor’s office and asked for help. With his suggestions, I earned a B grade in the course with upperclassmen. As an ironic note: it took this writer a fourth of the semester to learn to write a critical essay in the preferred form.