In March of 1984 Ms. Mackey's daughter Laura Salmon was murdered, and the man who killed her is just now going on trial twenty-two years later. I grew up with the case in my house since my dad had Ms. Mackey for English, and he knew Laura and Kyle Gilley, the man on trial. She is even buried just a short distance from my great grandfather, and my dad stops by her grave everytime we go to put flowers on my great grandfather's. I know I'm probably one of the few, but I actually liked Ms. Mackey's class. I know that a lot of people called her Wackey Mackey, and she was a bit crazy, but she had good reason to be. But she needs our prayers as she goes through this ordeal. Even if she wasn't your favorite teacher or you didn't have the opportunity to be lectured by Shakespeare or take her class, I ask that you keep her in your thoughts and prayers.