Posted on 12/17/2012 5:53:01 PM PST by Ron C.
Interesting!!
Growing up in Lexington Mass. in the 1960s, we were encouraged to re-inacted the Revolutionary War and dress as “Minutemen” in grade school — with little wooden rifles and tri-cornered hats. Then in the summer at MIT (Mass. Institute of Techn.) day camp, we grade schoolers (4th grade) had rifle shooting classes, along with archery, swimming, crafts and so on. I will never forget that. It seemed so natural and normal, back then. In the summers we’d go to rural Maine when I was little, and we’d practice shooting old dishes with 22s in a field. When we’d go to the local dump up in Maine, people were often there target shooting rats.
Can you imagine these childhood things happening in 2012 - in ANY Massachusetts public school or day camp? (no)
You’d be closely scrutinized for even suggesting it as a MA public school teacher today....
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