When my grandparents were young they went to school like today except what they did at school and what the school looked like was very different.
They would bring a lunch box and backpack to school. My grandma wore a uniform, while my grandpa wore overalls and jeans. They both went to school from 8:00 to 3:30 in the afternoon. Normally you would walk to school, but sometimes you took a car or bus.
They had an hour for lunch, and could either go home or eat at school. They would also have two recesses that were each 15 minutes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. My grandma and Grandpa would play games at recess like Kick the Can, baseball, jump rope, Annie Over, Red Rover, and Jacks. My grandma’s school was made out of brick, and my grandpa’s school was made out of wood.
At the one room school schoolhouse there were 30-40 students, they had desks with pencil grooves, ink wells, and pull open desks with seats for the person in front of you attached to the front of the desk. The school could have grades from 1-4. At school they read books, practiced writing, wrote stories, they did math, learned geography, history, civics and science. If you were bad during the school day you would get a spanking, hitting with a ruler, or a pulling of your ears or hair. They would use a leather strap, ruler, or anything they could get their hands on to discipline you!
Update: 2003/01/22 05:30:52
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