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Haunting chalkboard drawings, frozen in time for 100 years, discovered in Oklahoma school
The Washington Post ^ | June 6, 2015 | Elahe Izadi

Posted on 06/07/2015 10:54:36 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Teachers and students scribbled the lessons — multiplication tables, pilgrim history, how to be clean — nearly 100 years ago. And they haven’t been touched since.

This week, contractors removing old chalkboards at Emerson High School in Oklahoma City made a startling discovery: Underneath them rested another set of chalkboards, untouched since 1917.

“The penmanship blows me away, because you don’t see a lot of that anymore,” Emerson High School Principal Sherry Kishore told the Oklahoman. “Some of the handwriting in some of these rooms is beautiful.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: 1917; blackboard; chalkboard; education; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; oklahoma; oklahomacity; oklahomaschool; sherrykishore
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To: IncPen

interesting


141 posted on 06/07/2015 10:02:33 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: Don Corleone

My grammar school days were in the mid-late 50’s. The blackboards in my day looked pretty much like that. The multiplication wheel is very interesting. Never had seen anything like that before. Yes, penmanship was taught in every grade. And you were graded on your penmanship. I’ll stop now, I’m beginning to feel old. LOLz.


142 posted on 06/07/2015 11:23:36 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (Hey Hillary, ... liar, liar pants on fire.-)
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To: upchuck

I agree with you. The boards became green and we used a yellow chalk too as I recall.


143 posted on 06/07/2015 11:27:54 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (Hey Hillary, ... liar, liar pants on fire.-)
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To: Neanderthal

“breath” and “breathe” are another pair...


144 posted on 06/07/2015 11:43:17 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Don’t let the kids see them. They might actually learn something.


145 posted on 06/07/2015 11:44:38 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Conservative4Ever
I agree with you. The boards became green and we used a yellow chalk too as I recall.

You're right. I had forgotten about the yellow chalk.

146 posted on 06/08/2015 4:49:19 AM PDT by upchuck (The current Federal Government is what the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. WAKE UP!! Amendment V)
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To: Jamestown1630

Ones that drive me crazy are using ‘then’ instead of ‘than’ and ‘their’ for ‘they’re.’ Or vice versa.


147 posted on 06/08/2015 4:59:34 AM PDT by upchuck (The current Federal Government is what the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. WAKE UP!! Amendment V)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I remember the multiplication wheel it was a drill with the teacher using a pointer and kids shouting out answers

Beautiful slate chalkboards were covered with green board and now covered with white board.

I was schooled in a classroom of slate and oak and wood desks. there were inkwells on the desks but unused . The windows were big and bright and the classrooms immaculate

the nuns who taught us, in retrospect, had nothing. I remember how carefully they saved string, and straight pins. Each when given special construction paper for the bulletin boards worked hard to make beautiful and creative and inspiring art.


148 posted on 06/08/2015 5:38:56 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: Bigg Red
Select a number inside the wheel like “4x”, then select a number outside the wheel like “8”. So we have “4x” times “8” . The student gives the answer. Quicker and easier than flash cards.
149 posted on 06/08/2015 7:03:57 AM PDT by Kozy
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To: Farmer Dean
With all those video games they play according to evolution theory in several thousand years Kids should have thumbs the size of a baseball mitt!
150 posted on 06/09/2015 2:03:34 PM PDT by ABN 505
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

And Influenza killed millions of people especially young kids.


151 posted on 06/09/2015 2:04:57 PM PDT by ABN 505
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To: Kozy

Okay, thanks.


152 posted on 06/09/2015 5:56:59 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: Jamestown1630

I think that you are right about your theory that it is easier to do when you use the computer and are posting to others than it is when you are just writing for some reason. Whatever the reason it might make an interesting study about the brain and communication.


153 posted on 06/14/2015 2:55:42 PM PDT by Bellflower (It's not that there isn't any evidence of God, it's that everything is evidence of God.)
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To: Bellflower

Maybe. It’s just something that I’ve noticed. Perhaps someone will study it someday.

-JT


154 posted on 06/14/2015 8:11:23 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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