For the past two weeks, Leisa has been delivering a training program to all child support staff. The topic is "Data Reliability." She talks a lot during this training. She doesn't hesitate to let her opinion be known during meetings. She lives for PowerPoint presentations. She talks in her sleep. The cell phone is her best friend.

One might wonder if Leisa's always been so communicative. Wonder no more.

Just in case you can't read the teacher's comments on her fifth grade report card, they say: "Jan. Leisa is doing very well, however she could respond more orally. She is competent in all areas and proves this by usually doing more than just the assigned work."

Apparently at one time, Leisa didn't have much to say. That's changed, but the part about her doing "more than just the assigned work" hasn't.

And let's speculate about gender issues in the sixties. The "Dear Parents" message refers several times to "his" achievement and "his" teacher. Were there no girls at Fort Hunter school? And look at the way Leisa's mom signed the report card: she tacks "Mrs." onto the front of her husband's name. She didn't sign "Isabelle Dahl." She signed "Mrs. Robert Dahl." Seems to me that women and girls didn't have much standing in society back in the old days.

Enough political correctness. Here are Leisa's grades.