In the 1930’s is about when my grandmother was growing up. However, it was in France!
· School began at eight o’clock in the morning.
· School ended at four o’clock
· Her subjects were Gym, Writing, French (grammar) Dictation, Math, Geography, History
· Lots of homework every night for all subjects!
· She had to wear a uniform
· Ate at school
· She didn’t walk to school, lived at school
· She had about 12-15 kids in her class when she was about eleven
· No boys in her class
· She had all woman teachers (they were nouns, but the government wouldn’t let them dress like nouns, so they dressed normally)
· She had a principal, who was called a director or priest
· Her favorite subject was writing (in writing the very first thing they learned was to do cursive, and they never learned how to print)
· She didn’t have any kind of pledge to say in the morning
In the 1930’s is about when my grandfather was growing up. He like us grew up in America.
· School began at nine o’clock in the morning
· School ended at three o’clock
· His subjects were gym, writing, math, geography, history, penmanship, science
· He said he had enough homework, every night it covered about one or two subjects. However, over the course of a week they covered all of the subjects in homework.
· He didn’t have a real uniform- however all the boys had to wear a tie with shirt, but it could be any tie and shirt. The girls had to wear a skirt and blouse, but it could be any skirt and blouse
· He went home for lunch (walked home) and had an hour before he had to go back to school
· He had about 30 kids in his class
· He had both boys and girls in his class
· In grade school he had all woman teachers
· He had a Principal
· His favorite subjects were English, Math, Spelling, History, and Art
*They did plays (My Grandpa) on things or people they were studying, mostly in
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