Posted on 03/11/2010 8:26:32 PM PST by Kimmers
I have the pleasure of being a school nurse in a small private school in Dallas and I wanted to share with y'all what I witnessed at our school.
The second grade teacher does a great job of teaching TX history.
A few weeks ago they had Cowboy day, the kids were dressed in their finest western attire. Saddles were placed on racks so the kids could ride their horses and test their roping skills. They even had a fire with branding irons so they branded pieces of wood. Of course for lunch it was beef stew cooked the cowboy way with hot coals and for dessert was cherry cobbler cooked with even more hot coals....
Today was Alamo day. The cowboy clothes were once again worn by the children and I overheard the teacher tell one of the boys, " You are a soldier and soldiers should never act that way !!!!"
Now for the horrors of the story.....the kids had real toy guns to defend the pretend Alamo..... I just wanted to let you know the children took their defense of the Alamo very seriously and once again all is safe here in TX
Through all these activities every child remained safe and I doubt any of them will have nightmares because they touched a toy gun. It was just fun to see children having fun while learning about history.
PS...On the wall by the art room in the Sr. High area hangs a nice charcoal drawing by one of our students of a gun !!!
I like that.
“I wouldn’t know; I live in Maryland. But I have often thought about moving to America.”
Man do I hear you! I live in NY and I dream of one day living in America!
Cuz I don't know if they let cowboys in"
Great post
Very good list.
No. They just set up a tray of tacos for the kids to shoot at.
I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as soon as I could.
Good job on teaching a bit of real history to these children. We know that U.S. history did not begin with Saul Alinsky.
Move east of the mountains, still America over here!
Been there, loved it, but my job, and more importantly, my grandson, are in Seattle.
We vacation in Winthrop every summer, and travel to Walla Walla (a town so great they named it twice), Spokane, Ellensburg (where I will be next month for some bicycle riding) and on and on... I really love it there.
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