Hey! My first grade teacher was Sister Mary Edwards (really). Was your Sister Mary Edwards in the IHM order?
No she was a SSJ. Old as dirt and tough as nails.
I had a Sister Mary for a teacher once.
She taught our religion course in the fourth grade.
Even my homeroom teacher was afraid of her!
She didn't just carry a ruler either. She brought out the big guns....YARDSTICK. I got popped several times.
She also had a dog that stayed in her classroom. No kidding. We all thought he had mange because the poor pooch's hair kept falling out. A friend and I told some girls in class that if he rubbed up agains their legs, they would get big warts. So when the dog walked around the class you would see some of the girls pick up their feet and curl back into the desks. Man, we were really mean in the fourth grade.