We also had a load of things we “can’t afford” any longer like; music ever year, art, social studies, geography, science class, physical education, nice playgrounds with enough but not too much. I guess some schools still have some of this but most don’t have all of it. I am thrilled our kids are no longer in the public scrool system.
We didn’t have a school nurse and we had one office employee and no Vice Principal. The administration for the entire grade school was two small rooms. No empire. My family lived next door to the principal who did well but not elaborately well. He came out most mornings for the flag ceremony when one of the cub scout dens would do the flag raising and lowering at the close of the day.
We arrived in the morning and started by 0730 and got out in time to hurry home for afternoon cartoons at 1630. It was a full day but we did have recess in the morning and afternoon for about 20 minutes and then at lunch for about 30 minutes if you could eat fast enough. We all walked to school, there was no line of cars morning and evening. A few buses transported the country kids and sometimes we rode with them when we overnighted on a visit.
I think I had a better education than the kids do today.
I think I had a better education than the kids do today.