“I'd Like To Ask Sister White ...”

Were You Able To Go Back To School?

For two years I could not breathe through my nose, and was able to attend school but little. It seemed impossible for me to study. The same girl who was the cause of my misfortune, was appointed monitor by our teacher, and it was among her duties to assist me in my writing and other lessons. She always seemed sincerely sorry for the great injury she had done me, although I was careful not to remind her of it. She seemed sad and thoughtful as she saw me laboring to get an education. LASW 9.1

My hand trembled so that I made but little progress in writing, and could get no farther than the simple copies in coarse hand. The letters in the page would run together, great drops of perspiration would stand upon my brow, and a faintness and dizziness would seize me. I had a bad cough, and my whole system seemed debilitated. LASW 9.2

My teachers advised me to leave school. It was the hardest struggle of my young life to give up the hope of obtaining an education. ² LASW 9.3