Foreign travel makes us increasingly aware of the stream of history. Human practices constantly change. Until 1953, some Tennessee communities still had one room schools like the one I recently visited with my students(above). Amusing sidelight: the wooden desks riveted to the floor (see below) are very much like those I remember from P.S. 206 in Brooklyn where my brother Kenny and I attended.
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He Roz, you got me thinking. In 1953 my family moved from Texas to Michigan and we had to live with my grandparents in a suburb of Detroit called Flat Rock or Rock Wood (they were close together). I attended the last half of 4th grade, not in one room school, but in a two room school. The school was first through 8th grade.... I remember doing a report on Michigan and playing football with boys much bigger than myself, but not much else.... I had a good time in school that half year. Cheers, john
Hi Roz..Yes, I also remember those desks in school. However, I was a student in the beginning of the baby boomer era. We had about 30 students per class. No wonder I got left behinded.
Looking forward to finally meeting you in a few days.
I was living in London as a boy and the school I attended had a building for Infants one for Juniors and a third for senior girls. The senior boys school was about 1/2 mile away. Each building had many rooms and a large hall. The girls school also had a indoor swimming pool, everyone from age 10 had weekly swimming classes. Both Senior schools had Gymnasiums. The desks were similar to the ones I have seen in old schools here in the US. The classes had about 30 students.
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