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ReRe

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34. Ahem...
Wed Jul 9, 2014, 08:03 PM
Jul 2014

... the only thing the GOP is poised to do is become extinct, by demographics and/or by shooting themselves in the foot with their ever-increasing hateful words and behavior. Hang in there, kimbutgar.
Things are getting ready to change. GOTV!

That is when I was going to school in the USA riverbendviewgal Jul 2014 #1
An additional point. Rod Beauvex Jul 2014 #5
My schools were disciplined riverbendviewgal Jul 2014 #12
It was a response to the cold war in some ways. BootinUp Jul 2014 #2
Well, America needed a large and well-educated populace back then rocktivity Jul 2014 #3
I remember when coworkers started hawking catalog stuff for their kids' school Skittles Jul 2014 #4
I was educated in the '50s. RebelOne Jul 2014 #6
Up to 8th grade was fine for me, but high school was a miserable pit. bhikkhu Jul 2014 #7
I went to high school in the 70's here in California kimbutgar Jul 2014 #8
Yes, a lot of it depends on what area you lived in. I lived in a poor county in a poor state. raccoon Jul 2014 #40
And teaching was a respected profession, albeit not well paid. progressoid Jul 2014 #9
Yes it was. And we had such inspirational teachers. femmocrat Jul 2014 #10
Thank Reagan Democrats ... GeorgeGist Jul 2014 #11
Even in the 60s, when I grew up, lots of in History and Social Studies rickyhall Jul 2014 #13
As a member of the class of 65, I agree. mountain grammy Jul 2014 #14
This baby boomer isn't voting for any god damned Republicans. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #15
Thank you for saying Phlem Jul 2014 #16
...For white kids, sure Scootaloo Jul 2014 #17
That was my first thought etherealtruth Jul 2014 #19
Girls took home ec and boys took shop... Blanks Jul 2014 #28
A lot of attitudes have changed etherealtruth Jul 2014 #29
I never pressured my kids to get good grades... Blanks Jul 2014 #32
Oh, I wasn't blaming the schools etherealtruth Jul 2014 #33
Helped in their own climb to the top, they then pulled the ladder up after themselves. Octafish Jul 2014 #18
Very accurate post... ballyhoo Jul 2014 #20
Were they? Spider Jerusalem Jul 2014 #21
I think the point is that... Blanks Jul 2014 #30
The late 50s science was being pushed in schools newfie11 Jul 2014 #22
Except in the South when segregation ruled in the 50's. n/t totodeinhere Jul 2014 #23
"We are no longer a nation of dreamers but schemers." zeemike Jul 2014 #24
The turn of the 20th century was good too.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #25
You got that right Android3.14 Jul 2014 #26
I remember having Home Economics in the 70s ,cooking class and sewing class in middle school. SummerSnow Jul 2014 #27
Well, from what I have heard on the street corner, the 1920s to early 1930s was best. That is when Hestia Jul 2014 #31
Ahem... ReRe Jul 2014 #34
Not the 70s. cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #35
I attended MD public schools then. WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2014 #38
My public school not only had shop, home ec, & driver's ed; snot Jul 2014 #36
And news media. Pick up a TIME from those years and weep at the lost content today. WinkyDink Jul 2014 #37
The 70's weren't the golden age for Deaf kids in education. deafskeptic Jul 2014 #39
Sorry but the 70's weren't that great whistler162 Jul 2014 #41
Corporations no longer "need" Americans--either as consumers or as workers. That simple. nt Romulox Jul 2014 #42
I graduated in '75 IDemo Jul 2014 #43
Affordable college for all -- remember that? Arugula Latte Jul 2014 #44
Nope. Bonx Jul 2014 #45
I agree 100%. hamsterjill Jul 2014 #46
Same thing has happened to me in stores they can't add or subtract in their heads kimbutgar Jul 2014 #47
Yeah, just gone to hell in a handbasket since the glorious 50's ROFLMAO snooper2 Jul 2014 #48
I definitely missed out then. I went to middle MissB Jul 2014 #49
Yep. I managed to pay my tuition and buy the books on my GI Bill. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #50
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