OLD SCHOOL DAYS

DIFFERENT FORMAT THIS ENTRY, PICS FIRST THEN COMMENT. HERE WE GO.

WHO REMEMBERS CUPCAKE (BAKED) SALES I REMEMBER THAT MY MOM'S CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WERE THE BEST IN THE SCHOOL.  WE STUDENTS WERE SENT DOWN TO BUY THEM  IN ORDER OF GRADE -KINDERGARTENERS FIRST, EIGHTH GRADERS LAST. MEANING  YOUR CHOICE OF GOODIES GOT WORSE AS YOU GOT OLDER! I THINK MY MOM'S WERE BOUGHT FIRST BY FACULTY. GOOD THING I HAD MY SHARE AT HOME WAITING. I HATE AND STILL DO ALL WHITE CUPCAKES, A MIX OF CHOCOLATE AND VANILLA WERE IN THE MIDDLE. ALL CHOCOLATE IS THE TOP CHOICE.

WHO REMEMBERS PLANT SALES? IT WAS THIS TIME OF YEAR WE HAD THEM FOR A MOTHERS DAY GIFT. AGAIN THE SAME ORDER FOR BUYING. MY MOM SAYS I BOUGHT THE UGLIEST PLANTS HOME. IN EIGHTH GRADE I LOOKED FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I REMEMBER BUYING A DUSTY MORGAN.

IS ANYONE OUT THERE REALLY REMEMBER FLAG DAY/PREDIENTS DAY. WHEN WE MADE TRICORNER HATS TO WEAR, CARRIED A FLAG AND MARCHED AROUND THE SCHOOL IN JUNE/FLAG DAY.

I AM SURE WE ALL REMEMBER VACCINATIONS. AS A KID WE ALL HATED SHOTS OF ANY KIND, RIGHT? THOSE AIR GUNS MADE IT WORST BECAUSE WE HEARD THE LOUD NOISE THEY MADE AS WE WATCHED THE KIDS AHEAD OF US GET THEIR SHOTS. THEY  WERE ALWAYS HELD IN THE LIBRARY.

DUCK DUCK GOOSE. OH NO. A GAME FOR ALL AGES. IF YOU COULDN'T RUN FAST YOU NEVER WANTED TO BE PICKED BUT YOU ALWAYS WERE AND ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE. IT WAS USUALLY PLAYED IN THE GYM FOR PE CLASS.

FOR ALL THOSE EITHER POPULAR OR NOT POPULAR KIDS. YOU EITHER LOVED VALENTINES OR HATED IT. I DETESTED IT BEING ON THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SOCIAL LADDER. I WAS LUCKY TO GET 4 0R 5 CARDS. I STILL HATE IT. I AM AN ANTI-VALENTINE'S GAL. I LIKED IT ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS TIME WE CAN DO ART AND DRAW AND BE FREE ON WHAT WE CREATED.

FOR THE SAME REASONS I ALSO DETESTED XMAS GIFT EXCHANGE. I AM SURE MY NAME KEPT GETTING TOSSED BACK UNTIL SOMEONE GOT STUCK WITH IT. THAT IS UNTIL JEN MY ONE AND ONLY BFF WAS THERE WHO PICKED ME. AND SHE GOT ME AN AUTOGRAPH SNOOPY AND I BOUGHT HER THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK. EVEN WORSE IN HIGHSCHOOL, THE TEACHER GOT STUCK WITH ME. SEE WHY I HATE IT SO MUCH.

TEACHERS WERE THE SAVING GRACE OF THE SCHOOL THEN HELPING THOSE LAGGING STUDENTS PULL THROUGH ALL THE BAD STUFF IN ORDER TO MOVE ON. I REMEMBER MY EIGHTH GRADE CLASS AS MOSTLY HAPPY THANKS TO THEM AND JEN. THERE WERE SOME BAD TIMES  TOO. BUT NOW A TEACHER CAN'T EVEN TOUCH A STUDENT WITHOUT LOSING HER JOB. AND THERE ARE SO MANY PERVS OUT THERE TO. THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENED WITH A TEACHER FOR ME WAS THAT I HAD A CRUSH ON A SUB AND HELPED HIM OUT WITH A FEW CHORES WHICH THE FACULTY DIDN'T THINK WAS COOL. SO IT STOPPED LIKE THAT SAME DAY. OH WELL. I OWE HIM MY LIKLEHOOD THOUGH. HE GOT ME TO LOVE SCIENCE, FROM THERE I WENT ON TO GET MY B.A. IN BIOLOGY, SUB JOB, AND AM NOW WRITING EDUCATIONAL WORKBOOKS. SO SEE HOW A TEEAHDER CAN POSITIVELY INFLUENCE YOU IN A WONDERFUL WAY. I WAS ALSO TEACHERS PET TO MY HOMEROOM TEACHER TO WITH BOOK CLUB.

SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WERE MORE EFFECTIVE DISCIPLINARIANS BACK THEN TO. THEY WERE ALWAYS MEN BACK THEN AND SO WERE MORE THREATENING. NOW THEY'RE ARE SO MANY WOMAN PRINCIPALS THAT THE KIDS  WILL NOT LISTEN TO THEIR WARNINGS. LIKE  IN MY LAST DAY AS SUB A KID THREW SOMETHING AT ME AND I CALLED FOR HELP, WHO DID THEY SEND THE FEMALE VICE PRINCIPAL. IT WAS LAUGHABLE, IN FACT, AFTER SHE LEFT THE KID DID LAUGH AND TELL ME IT WAS HIM. COME ON  MY VICE PRINCIPAL USE TO TAKE OFF HIS BELT TO SCARE THE BAD BOYS IN THE SCHOOL. THE STIGMA OF THE OFFICE  CALL WAS MORE POWERFUL THAN ANYTHING ELSE. BACK THEN WE HAD THOSE WALL PHONES AND IT RANG.

 WHO REMEMBERS THE SCHOOL NURSE  AND THE HELP SHE GAVE US WHEN WE WERE SICK OR HURT. AN ASPIRIN AFTER A TEMPERATURE CHECK. OR A BAND-AID FOR A CUT.SHE ALSO DID THE SCOLIOSIS CHECKS AND THE VISION TESTING IN THE HEALTH OFFICE. NOW SHE CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS YOU HAVE A DOCTOR'S NOTE. PARANOID PARENTS THESE DAYS. WOW. WHY HAVE HEALTH OFFICE AT ALL THEN. NOW YOU CALL 911 IF ANYONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT. FOR ABUSE IF A TEACHERS DOESN'T REPORT IT  HE/SHE COULD BE FIRED. WHAT A DOUBLE BIND, HUH?

BULLYING ALWAYS EXISTED BUT IT GETS WORSE EACH DECADE. I WAS A VICTIM BACK THEN. THE KIDS THESE DAYS CAN'T EVEN ESCAPE IT BY GONG TO DIFFERENT SCHOOL DUE TO THE INTERNET,  FACEBOOK, AND TEXTING, ETC. MINE STOPPED WITH A TRIP TO THE PRINCALS OFFICE. THANK GOD I WAS BORN IN A SENSIBLE DECADE. IT'S SO BAD KIDS ARE KILLING THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF IT.

WEEKLY READERS. I LOVED THIS DAY. USUALLY AT END OF THE DAY IF THERE WAS TIME WE WOULD GET TO READ IT IN CLASS. IF NOT JUST TAKE IT HOME.


I LOVED FIELD TRIP DAYS TO LOCAL SPOTS IN MY CITY LIKE THE ZOO:

THE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA:

THE ART GALLERY:

THE HISTORIC MUSEUM:

EMERY PARK PICNIC IN  7TH AND 8TH GRADE:

ALSO ONE FAR AWAY TRIP TO A PLACE CALLED CANADIANA IN CANADAUGA PARK. WHERE THEY HAD SCENES OF MINI CITIES THAT HAD MOVING CARS. THEY HAD WILD ANIMALS YOU FEED WITH ANIMAL FOOD YOU PAID 25 CENTS FOR IN GUM DISPENSER MACHINE. I LOVED TO FEED THE DUCKS.


SCHOOL PICS WHERE ALSO A BIG THING. MY MOTHER SEEMS TO THINK I FORGET TO TELL HER. I THINK I JUST FORGOT. I LOOK A WRECK IN ALL MY CLASS PICS.


ANOTHER GAME WE  PLAYED WAS HUCKLE BUCKLE BEANSTALK. THE HIDDEN OBJECT WAS ALWAYS  THE TEACHER'S  KEYS. WE PLAYED IN GROUPS. I WAS LAST TO FIND IT . THE FIRST TO FIND IT WAS THE NEXT HIDER.  THE REST OF THE NONPLAYING KIDS WOULD CALL OUT COLD TO HOT WHEN YOU WERE EITHER FAR AWAY OR CLOSE TO IT. THIS WAS A CLASSROOM GAME. AND ONLY IF WE WERE GOOD AND THREE WAS EXTRA TIME BEFORE THE BELL RANG DID WE GET TO PLAY IT.
WELL, THIS WILL CONCLUDE ALL THE SCHOOLTALK ON THE BLOG NOW. I PROMISE.