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HoneychildMooseMoss

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50. You might not have liked 5th grade

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 11:32 PM

Mar 2013

if what I saw in my class was typical--
Boys were starting to get cocky, even to the teacher. On at least one occasion, a bunch of boys in reading class gave the teacher so much trouble that she ran out of the room crying. That was back in the days of corporal punishment, when at least one kid a week was taken out into the hall and given the "what-for" with the "board of education".

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What is the one thing that you wished you would've done in your life? [View all] backtoblue Mar 2013 OP

Ummmm... How Sanitized should this be? Xyzse Mar 2013 #1

considering that one cannot change past reality, then you could use the term fantasy. backtoblue Mar 2013 #4

Well... Xyzse Mar 2013 #8

wish I'd written a book and actually had it published nt LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #2

that's a good one, what would you have written about? backtoblue Mar 2013 #5

I wrote a fantasy/fairytale for kids LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #9

maybe you can still self publish backtoblue Mar 2013 #12

"Gina Lollobrigida" is what Corrado Erico 'Uncle Junior' Soprano would say. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #3

funny handmade34 Mar 2013 #27

I wish I had learned to play the violin... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #6

Taken a semester or two to study abroad in college cyberswede Mar 2013 #7

Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail Earth_First Mar 2013 #10

Now that's an adventure! backtoblue Mar 2013 #13

Hey Earth... handmade34 Mar 2013 #26

Best of luck to you! Earth_First Mar 2013 #32

go to handmade34 Mar 2013 #33

A neighbor hiked it in segments - finished at 80! csziggy Mar 2013 #42

Purchased gold Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #11

Other than making love to Goldie Hawn, probably parachuting. talkingmime Mar 2013 #14

The ultimate... pipi_k Mar 2013 #15

You might not have liked 5th grade HoneychildMooseMoss Mar 2013 #50

You could be right... pipi_k Mar 2013 #60

Neither was that teacher HoneychildMooseMoss Mar 2013 #61

It's way too late now, and the time has passed... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #16

i bet you could make an awesome poem about that though! backtoblue Mar 2013 #17

Hey, that's pretty good, my dear backtoblue! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #23

I missed out on some adventures too SwissTony Mar 2013 #28

Unfortunately, too many things. Too hard to single out 'The One Thing' chemenger Mar 2013 #18

I've actually done just about everything that I would have liked to have done Victor_c3 Mar 2013 #19

Gone to college/'university ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #20

Dirt under my nails to this day Buffalo Bull Mar 2013 #35

Married a rich man. RebelOne Mar 2013 #21

Taken that University job they'd offered as a one-year contract with possibility of extension TrogL Mar 2013 #22

Say no to that first drink of booze... WCGreen Mar 2013 #24

picked a different mother... handmade34 Mar 2013 #25

Spent less time online LeftInTX Mar 2013 #29

A road less traveled Buffalo Bull Mar 2013 #30

one thing that you wished you would've done in your life Flashmann Mar 2013 #31

Moved to a cold area/state... Phentex Mar 2013 #34

Funny you should ask HeiressofBickworth Mar 2013 #36

Not having gone to law school and continuing as a musician instead aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2013 #37

My main regret so far is being so shy in high school. Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #38

I wish I'd posted a Lounge-type thread to Meta before it disappeared kentauros Mar 2013 #39

Bravo. Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #40

I would have gone to university instead of a business school. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2013 #41

There are things I regret not doing but I'd be a different person csziggy Mar 2013 #43

I would have been outspoken at an early age Generic Brad Mar 2013 #44

Posted in Meta? GoneOffShore Mar 2013 #45

when the hell did meta disappear???????????? backtoblue Mar 2013 #55

nevermind, got it lol backtoblue Mar 2013 #57

Avoided Jaegermeister Throd Mar 2013 #46

Once, Ma'am, I Should Have Waited About Twenty More Minutes For A Telephone Call.... The Magistrate Mar 2013 #47

Studied harder and partied less in college. femmocrat Mar 2013 #48

The things I didn't say -- Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #49

Roller derby. murielm99 Mar 2013 #51

If you can't physically do it any more, kentauros Mar 2013 #56

Thanks. murielm99 Mar 2013 #58

I think it would be hard to learn to play an instrument while backpacking. harmonicon Mar 2013 #52

Graduate school. bluedigger Mar 2013 #53

Taken my HS German teacher's advice & gone into the military.... Myrina Mar 2013 #54

Stayed in school and studied sports medicine. Bertha Venation Mar 2013 #59

Found true love, gotten a successful job RFKHumphreyObama Mar 2013 #62

I plan on doing six months at and around Shaolin Temple in Henan, China to practice martial arts. Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #63

Been jailed for being a threat to the powers-that-be. Ken Burch Mar 2013 #64