Washington mother upset her daughter was asked to pick cotton in class

upi ^ | April 30, 2014 | Evan Bleier

[Bartholomew Roberts]

I can picture that, but sixth graders aren’t savvy enough to take over the plantation!!!

[vetvetdoug]

FWIW I know of several people here in NE Mississippi that had Grandfathers that fought during the Civil War. Until two years ago, there were two men that were Real Sons of Confederate soldiers, meaning that their Fathers were Confederate soldiers. The last Confederate widow in Mississippi passed away in 1987.

[defconw]

Maybe they had grandfathers that fought in the Civil War. As men turn into old men those tails get bigger and bigger. My grandfather once caught a whale... Never trust a grandpa :) Miss him every day.

[a fool in paradise]

Her grandparents were raised on a plantation? I am 50 years old and my great grandmother was born in 1881, for crying out loud! But this child’s grandparents are over 150 years old? LOL

And they walked uphill to school BOTH ways.

PS, this man picked cotton. Sometimes having a job like that at an early age makes you want to go out there and succeed at something else so you don't have to.

[defconw]

You forgot that it was 5 miles up hill both ways and through 8 feet of snow. :)

[Coldwater Creek]

I guess that Al Gore sold all those baccky fields.

[NCLaw441]

The little girl’s grandparents were slaves? If her mother is 50 (generous calculation) and if HER mother (the grandparent) was 50 when she had her that would take back to 1914. How much slavery was there back then???

[Night Hides Not]

LOL!!!

BTW, my 12 YO son and I are going to help with the grape harvest this summer at a local vineyard. He's really excited about it, but I think his enthusiasm will wane rapidly after picking grapes in 100 degree weather.

I can't wait for what should be an excellent teaching moment.

[a fool in paradise]

Now, if the teacher made this girl pick cotton while the other kids all stood and watched, she would understand what it is like to work for the government.

If she had to pay to pick cotton which was then sold and the money was given to the other students who sat around and did nothing, she would understand what it is like to work in the private sector.

[a fool in paradise]

When I worked (for pay) on someone else's farm one summer, we did the picking from ~5:45am-11am. Get the fields cleared before the heat comes in.

And rain or "shine" you worked". Picking corn and other produce.

[a fool in paradise]

The last Confederate widow in Mississippi passed away in 1987.

Was his name Mohammed?

[Ditter]

LOL! My grandfather remembered the time Galveston Bay froze over. I always wondered about that. :)

[JoeProBono]

Hardest job I had as a kid was bailing hay. Honest work for 10 cents an hour.

[defconw]

Of course as a child I believed every crazy thing he told me at first. Then I learned to run things by Grandma before I repeated the story to anyone else.

[a fool in paradise]

LOL! My grandfather remembered the time Galveston Bay froze over. I always wondered about that. :)

#ITSTRUEITELLYA

[Jewbacca]

“What I don’t know about Jewish traditions could fill a book.”

I suspect you may own the book, however. Seems most do. They just don’t read it.

(And yes, I am joking about the “airing of grievances,” in case someone is taking me seriously. Jewish families are just like any other family. Add extended relatives and wine, and it becomes a Coen Brothers movie, hopefully without the dybbuk.)

[defconw]

LOL!

[dfwgator]

No problem, give me an unopened bottle of aspirin.

[Semper911]

I suspect you may own the book, however.

Yeah, it was a little joke. I was hoping you would see what I did there.

[vetvetdoug]

The Last Confederate Widow in Mississippi was asked why she married a man in his 60’s when she was in her late teens and her reply was that the man was a gentleman and gave her respect and loved her. She said the boys around her age didn't have near the class that this man did. They had several children of which the last passed away just two years ago.