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Thursday, February 4, 2021
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Penny Barron Frazier posted a condolence
Saturday, February 22, 2020
I am truly sorry for your loss. However, I was treated so badly by “Doc” that I was unable to graduate high school because of her. She first had it out for me in my freshman year, in the drill team. My mother had paid for all the outfits required and the trip to SMU in Dallas for a workshop. Throughout the summer, nothing was ever said about my weight. (I was probably in a size 5 or 7 back then) it was not until we were getting the schedule for the games that I was told by “Doc” that unless I lost 10 pounds, I couldn’t go out on the field. Long story short, I never got to go out on the field. I quit the dance team after that.
I attended summer school the first two summers of high school just so I graduate early. Junior year, around January, I got pregnant and my doctor wrote a letter to have me excused from participating in P.E. At the end of the year, when we got our last grades from each class, “Don,” sitting up on her throne at the pool, gave me A’s for the first half of the year and F’s for the last half. I asked her why she did that as I had a doctor’s note. She said that I didn’t dress out and I should have come to HER to find out what I could do to make up for it. She was the teacher. I was a 17 year old kid. So I failed to graduate high school after going to school without a break for nearly three years. And all the money that my momma paid for the dance team, summer school and my cap and gown. Which I never even saw. What was the point?
So I hope you all got the better part of “Doc.” We had to cal her Dr. LaBarbera. I think it was a power thing. I just could never figure out why she didn’t like me to the point that she changed the whole course of my life. But I’m ok. I know that because of her, I have made it a point to not EVER do or say anything to a child that would break their spirit. How tragic that would be. How tragic it could have been had I not been as strong as I am. Thank God for my mother and father who instilled the good in me. I just hate it that my main memory of high school is what she did to me. Which was just mean. I don’t understand mean people. I have no tolerance for them now. Shame on her.
I’m not sorry to have written this but I hope it doesn’t surprise anyone. If so, now you know.
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Cheryl Corkran posted a condolence
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Doc coached me on the first competitive softball team at Bossier High School. She was dedicated to her teaching and coaching, and always expected the best from her players. She wanted us to reach our fullest potential, not only as athletes but also as young people. She will be missed.
Cheryl Corkran, Bossier High School Class of 1978
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