Originally Posted by JJs
hmmmm....
I remember being able to ride a bike all over the place without worrying (the thought never entered your mind) about being snatched by a wierdo..
I remember living in a time when kids did not sass anybody or mouth off or argue with anybody passing by
I remember when if you didn't have the money to buy something you didn't buy it
I remember when you had two skirts, three blouses and two dresses to wear to school... and your boobs and/or belly and butt cleavage didn't hang out
I remember when EVERYBODY had to go out and play at recess and EVERYBODY had to take PE and the girls took home ec and you actually HAD TO learn stuff in order to be passed from one grade to the next - none of this "you did your best - lets not hurt your poor little feelings" crap .. Probably why we have so many killings now - people get out in the world and guess what? the world doesn't revolve around them and guess what else? the world doesn't give a sh** about your tender feelings....
geez I could go on forever...
I actually don't like that last bit about the schools... I mean I do agree with what you are saying about had to learn thing in order to be passed but the second part to that is kind of hurtful... If they didn't do that "you did your best thing" I'd probably still be in 6th grade... (math is a horrid subject) And that has nothing to do with the killings... The killings are done by people who are mentally ill... (sorry I don't mean to offend I'm just stating how I feel... and you are entitled to your own opinion). And trust me, kids are not learning things they need to know... Like with history, yeah it's nice to know what happened way way way in the past but they need to learn about the stuff that has happened in the last 110 years... And most schools barely touch on it... Or you get a kid like me who can do the worksheets, that require you to use a book, with out the use of a book... Or in English and you get a Vocabulary book you had in 7th Grade (I went to a Catholic Elementary School for 2 years)... It's not the teachers though, it's the school districts hierarchy of idiots that don't know what they are doing and think that their way is best and that the kids are learning... The high School I attended was almost shut down three different times this last decade alone due to test scores... and thats another problem those standardized tests are a joke... Especially when you have students who are not test takers... I'm one of those... regular tests that you CAN study for I'm good with (unless it's math... but I can pass that with a low c or d... I'm going to need a tutor in college) but the standardized tests not so much... I should have received a 30-36 on my ACT but I received a 19, because it was timed and what killed me was the reading and math... (I'm a slow reader, I like to absorb what I read so that I can remember it later... and the math is for the rational reasoning that it is Russian) My school didn't do placement testing either, so when a student they had put in Honors English decided to drop the class for the easier one, they sat there scratching their heads, or they put a poor math student in a regular fast paced math class (By day three I was crying due to not understanding the material, my teacher asked my counselor to put me in a different class). They should have an different option for PE, like lifetime sports, Bowling, Dancing, Golf, Swimming... things like that some schools do... ours didn't ... then those of us who are too fat to run or play some of the sports could actually pass PE. The school system sucks! And I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you! I was just expressing my feelings... not that anyone gives a care anyways... lol (Sorry I really am I just needed to voice my opinions. Don't pelt me with sewing things please!)
I remember when my Grandma would demand silence during Jeopardy.