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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:28 AM Original message |
Old timers, young folks - what were your days like in school? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. In public and private schools |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. K thru 6, then jr. high 7th thru 9th, then HS. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. that was the system in our school district as well... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. My school district was totally segregated - a high school for whites, and one actually called a |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. what state could you get a drivers license at 14? omg! |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Texas. Yee-hah! If you'd had Driver's Ed the summer before your 14th birthday |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. one of my fondest memories of grade school... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. You'd be surprised how many kids in L.A. can't sing the |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. All music education ever consisted of, was learning the words to patriotic songs, |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. My schools had excellent music education programs. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Oh come on. NOBODY can properly sing the Star Spangled Banner. "The rocket's red glare" mangles |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. But they don't seem to know it at all. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. And majoring in music ed, you know what the market is right now for that, right? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yes. What people don't realize is that the big change in our |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Arkansas Traveler |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. I went to a variety of schools. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. Teaching elementary in 2005 was a lot different than it was... |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. In school from 53 to 65 |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. The schools I went to in the '50's and '60's were crappy. The county |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. The inner city schools today are pretty violent. |
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fight4my3sons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. I went to school all over the place. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Interesting. Sounds like you had a rough time but learned a lot from it. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Here she is |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
15. Elementary school in Connecticut in 1949-56 |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. kick -- I want some more of these wonderful stories (eom) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
19. California public schools were excellent from 1963 - 1975 |
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Nevilledog (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. Grew up in Albuquerque. Hadn't thought about school in a long time. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
23. In Jr High school |
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DarbyUSMC (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
24. School in Western New York in the 50's. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Ugh--tracking! |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. I was late 80's 90's into the 00's |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. nice detail/nice post. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. 64-76 private (catholic) schools |
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sandsavage (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. Way back in the day LOL |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Welcome to DU! |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. Great topic |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. And ya know, I think it was a good thing as well: |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. I started grammar school in 1946, in Louisiana. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Very cool |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Things would've been a lot cooler with air-conditioning...:-) |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
38. My school life was like the TV show Freaks and Geeks (guess which I was) |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
41. Boy, that's a long time ago |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
43. Until 6th grade, I was in a self-contained gifted class and only mildly bored. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
44. They sucked. n/t |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
45. Elementary school in the 1970s was like living in a hippie commune |
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