Susan Miriam Spaet

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It all began one chilly November day when a little Susan Miriam Spaet was born. It was 12 am on Saturday, November 17th, 1973 and a five pound ten-ounce child was introduced to the world. After her short stay at Albert Einstein Hospital, New York she went home as a very friendly, good-natured child. When she got home her whole family peered down on the brown-haired Susan stared back with her gleam little hazel eyes. She was ten inches long, perfectly fitting her crib. A few months after her arrival into this strange world, she was bitten by her dog, Rex, giving her, her first real taste of pain. She screamed and wailed but through all the trauma she said one single three letter word, dog.
Ten years into her life and her personality bursting. When her mother asked her to make a birthday list, she jumped at the opportunity. She asked for things like a year's supply of chocolate, a unicorn, the book Page One, and even Chinese food. She had that wacky side of her that made her ask for things like Chinese food but also an ambition to learn which made her ask for books and board games like Journey Through Europe. What she really really wanted though was her ears pierced but her mother would not let her make any modifications to her
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It was November 18th, 2004 when decided she wanted to donate blood to the Center for Donation and Transplants in Albany, New York. Four years later she decided being able to drive buses and other large passenger cars might be helpful, so she got her Vermont operator’s license. She needed a little break so on June 15th, 2013a trip to Wailuku, Hawaii, Susan decided to became a member of the Pacific Whale Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to preserving and protecting the plants and creatures of the sea. Now on September 10, 2017, Susan Miriam Spaet, or as she is known by her student, Mrs. Arenson, is still teaching History at Middlebury Union High

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