It Was the Good Old Days, BUT WE Could Do Math and Write in Script

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I agree about the packing up so early in the day. Walkers get out of Stratford at 3:05 and the buses are all loaded before 3:15 and leave exactly at 3:15 on the dot. The lost 10 minutes a day adds up to 50 minutes a week, about 4 hours a month - which is about a day at school times 10 months - is about 2 weeks lost during the year.

I remember back in the olden days (when math had numbers not words and reading was done with books and not xeroxes with flow charts to fill in) looking at the clock and we didn't get ready to leave until the bell rang - at 3. We left at 3. Not ten minutes early.

Since I'm reminiscing...

We had homework that was about what we learned in school that day. We wrote in one notebook no matter the subject and didn't need a folder to keep track of loose papers.

We sat in desks by ourselves that gave us personal space and made it easier to concentrate. Our desks all faced in the same direction and since there was a front of a classroom we knew where to look and how find the teacher at all times.

When we learned script we were expected to use it for the next few years - it wasn't an option. Everyone did this - not just some classes. We were proud of our handwriting that separated us from the younger kids.

Teachers were never absent - we always wished they would be but they always always showed up.

I don't remember crazy projects that my parents had to give up their weekends to do for me. I don't really remember much homework either - at least not until upper grades.

And best of all,no cell phones back then so no teacher texting problems.