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Ree · 05-11-2007, 03:08 AM

I'm so sorry you've had bad experiences in high school. Actually, they were pretty great years for me

I graduated in 1973, so the whole experience was totally different from today, or so I've been told by my own children.

This is probably fodder for another thread, but I think public education has gone downhill about as far as it can go in the last 25 years. My apologies to any of you who are public ed teachers, but my children's experiences have been nothing like mine.

I'm coming up on my 35th reunion (wait a minute! Let me get my calculator to double check the math!) and I can't wait to see all my classmates again. I have some great memories and I wish kids today could have that, too!

My mom's attitude, and I took that same attitude into raising my children, was that soon enough children will become adults and will have to face the work-a-day world and all those adult worries, so let's just let them be children while they can. I have to say that those laid-back memories sometimes keep me going when the going gets tough in adult life!

I remember singing in chorus and dancing around the Maypole. I remember jumping rope under the corner street light until my dad called me home in the evening. I remember playing softball in the heat of the summer until we couldn't run anymore, and dashing next door to the community pool where we cooled off and put our dimes in the jukebox. I remember 4th of July celebrations where the whole town came out to watch greased pig chases and egg tosses and fireworks as the sun went down. I remember sock hop dances in the gym and wearing skirts and corsages to the high school football games on Friday nights. I remember marching for Civil Rights and against the Vietnam War. I remember a friend who was the first person I ever knew to die of a drug overdose. We were so innocent, so naive. I think that's what's missing for the young folks of today.

05-11-2007, 03:08 AM	#21 (permalink)
Ree Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 632	I'm so sorry you've had bad experiences in high school. Actually, they were pretty great years for me I graduated in 1973, so the whole experience was totally different from today, or so I've been told by my own children. This is probably fodder for another thread, but I think public education has gone downhill about as far as it can go in the last 25 years. My apologies to any of you who are public ed teachers, but my children's experiences have been nothing like mine. I'm coming up on my 35th reunion (wait a minute! Let me get my calculator to double check the math!) and I can't wait to see all my classmates again. I have some great memories and I wish kids today could have that, too! My mom's attitude, and I took that same attitude into raising my children, was that soon enough children will become adults and will have to face the work-a-day world and all those adult worries, so let's just let them be children while they can. I have to say that those laid-back memories sometimes keep me going when the going gets tough in adult life! I remember singing in chorus and dancing around the Maypole. I remember jumping rope under the corner street light until my dad called me home in the evening. I remember playing softball in the heat of the summer until we couldn't run anymore, and dashing next door to the community pool where we cooled off and put our dimes in the jukebox. I remember 4th of July celebrations where the whole town came out to watch greased pig chases and egg tosses and fireworks as the sun went down. I remember sock hop dances in the gym and wearing skirts and corsages to the high school football games on Friday nights. I remember marching for Civil Rights and against the Vietnam War. I remember a friend who was the first person I ever knew to die of a drug overdose. We were so innocent, so naive. I think that's what's missing for the young folks of today.