Re: teacher breaks

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/13/2001 5:52:17 AM Central Daylight Time,

bspyle@... writes:

> They took a break while we were in music class or art class.

>

>

Up until i was in 4th grade the school i attended did not have art or music

classes. they were part of the classroom teachers job. i really can't say

that in my case they took breaks during music and art class. because when i

was in 4th grade the elem school burned down and we were stuck in churches

and spare buildings all over town and they new elem school wasn't finished

until I was in 7th grade. the only break the teacher got was for music,

which the did have a separate teacher for in this school (I moved a couple of

times, hehe) and that was only one time a week. gee it's been along time.

I really can't remember if we walked to hs for lunch when we were at the

luthran school and church basement since it was about 6 blocks from the hs.

I think we took lunch then or went home and the teachers definately never got

a break. Course they had more control over the kids back then to so could

leave to use the restroom if necessary without having to much go wrong, we

would never never do anything we weren't supposed to. hehe. O:-)

Now of course they get a break or two from the kids, are and pe and music are

sometimes only offered once a week they may not get a break every day, there

might be one day when they don't have something like that going on, frankly I

can see why they'd need a break but then all those kids would drive me batty

which is why I wouldn't make a good teacher. :-)

Joy

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/13/2001 5:52:17 AM Central Daylight Time,

bspyle@... writes:

> They took a break while we were in music class or art class.

>

>

Up until i was in 4th grade the school i attended did not have art or music

classes. they were part of the classroom teachers job. i really can't say

that in my case they took breaks during music and art class. because when i

was in 4th grade the elem school burned down and we were stuck in churches

and spare buildings all over town and they new elem school wasn't finished

until I was in 7th grade. the only break the teacher got was for music,

which the did have a separate teacher for in this school (I moved a couple of

times, hehe) and that was only one time a week. gee it's been along time.

I really can't remember if we walked to hs for lunch when we were at the

luthran school and church basement since it was about 6 blocks from the hs.

I think we took lunch then or went home and the teachers definately never got

a break. Course they had more control over the kids back then to so could

leave to use the restroom if necessary without having to much go wrong, we

would never never do anything we weren't supposed to. hehe. O:-)

Now of course they get a break or two from the kids, are and pe and music are

sometimes only offered once a week they may not get a break every day, there

might be one day when they don't have something like that going on, frankly I

can see why they'd need a break but then all those kids would drive me batty

which is why I wouldn't make a good teacher. :-)

Joy

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/13/2001 3:19:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

bspyle@... writes:

> . Anyway, we kids wouldn't have dreamed of

> misbehaving. We went in orderly lines whenever the students left the

> classroom for music, art, lunch, recess or whatever. It's was rare to hear

> of a student being hurt at school because we were required to be orderly and

> well-mannered.

>

That is just so HARD to believe!! I guess they didn't have suspensions or

expulsions back then ... or maybe the trouble maker kids that they suspected

of not staying in line weren't even allowed in school to begin with. Ahhh,

the good ole days!

My grandfather used to tell us real horror stories of his school days. One

year he basically had a teacher who was mentally ill and started spending all

day lining the kids (they were not happy about standing in this line) and

spanking each one. It took almost their entire day. When I asked why he

didn't tell his parents, he said that would mean he would get another

spanking for the one he got in school! Anyway, a young lady was about to get

her daily academic lesson ... a spanking when her brother, so distraught over

his sister's tears, yelled to his sister to bite the teacher. She did! And

the teacher, so angry, started chasing the boy! He ran out of the school,

with the teacher in hot pursuit and ran into the general store where a group

of gentlemen, some of whom were on the local school board, watched in

disbelieve as the teacher chased that boy! They removed the teacher, hired a

new one, and all the children were held back for a year. Seems they didn't

spend enough time on lessons and didn't learn enough to pass!!

Now my father tells tales of all the shenanigans he and his friends

performed, without getting caught. Some of them I can't post here and I tell

him not to tell the stories to my kids, don't want them getting any ideas!!

;-)

Cheryl in VA

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/13/2001 3:19:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

bspyle@... writes:

> . Anyway, we kids wouldn't have dreamed of

> misbehaving. We went in orderly lines whenever the students left the

> classroom for music, art, lunch, recess or whatever. It's was rare to hear

> of a student being hurt at school because we were required to be orderly and

> well-mannered.

>

That is just so HARD to believe!! I guess they didn't have suspensions or

expulsions back then ... or maybe the trouble maker kids that they suspected

of not staying in line weren't even allowed in school to begin with. Ahhh,

the good ole days!

My grandfather used to tell us real horror stories of his school days. One

year he basically had a teacher who was mentally ill and started spending all

day lining the kids (they were not happy about standing in this line) and

spanking each one. It took almost their entire day. When I asked why he

didn't tell his parents, he said that would mean he would get another

spanking for the one he got in school! Anyway, a young lady was about to get

her daily academic lesson ... a spanking when her brother, so distraught over

his sister's tears, yelled to his sister to bite the teacher. She did! And

the teacher, so angry, started chasing the boy! He ran out of the school,

with the teacher in hot pursuit and ran into the general store where a group

of gentlemen, some of whom were on the local school board, watched in

disbelieve as the teacher chased that boy! They removed the teacher, hired a

new one, and all the children were held back for a year. Seems they didn't

spend enough time on lessons and didn't learn enough to pass!!

Now my father tells tales of all the shenanigans he and his friends

performed, without getting caught. Some of them I can't post here and I tell

him not to tell the stories to my kids, don't want them getting any ideas!!

;-)

Cheryl in VA

[Guest guest]

Teachers did have more control over the students when I was in grade school

and could leave the room without fear of a riot breaking out. And I do not

recall a teacher ever spanking a child either. They were sent to the

principal's office, perhaps, or made to stand in the corner or kept after

school. I junior high I heard about coaches spanking boys. But it didn't

happen in grade school. Anyway, we kids wouldn't have dreamed of

misbehaving. We went in orderly lines whenever the students left the

classroom for music, art, lunch, recess or whatever. It's was rare to hear

of a student being hurt at school because we were required to be orderly and

well-mannered.

granny

---

" Setting a good example for your children

takes all the fun out of middle age. "

-- Feather

http://www.bspyle.com/granny.html

Re: teacher breaks

> In a message dated 8/13/2001 5:52:17 AM Central Daylight Time,

> bspyle@... writes:

>

>

> > They took a break while we were in music class or art class.

> >

> >

>

> Up until i was in 4th grade the school i attended did not have art or

music

> classes. they were part of the classroom teachers job. i really can't say

> that in my case they took breaks during music and art class. because when

i

> was in 4th grade the elem school burned down and we were stuck in churches

> and spare buildings all over town and they new elem school wasn't finished

> until I was in 7th grade. the only break the teacher got was for music,

> which the did have a separate teacher for in this school (I moved a couple

of

> times, hehe) and that was only one time a week. gee it's been along

time.

> I really can't remember if we walked to hs for lunch when we were at the

> luthran school and church basement since it was about 6 blocks from the

hs.

> I think we took lunch then or went home and the teachers definately never

got

> a break. Course they had more control over the kids back then to so could

> leave to use the restroom if necessary without having to much go wrong, we

> would never never do anything we weren't supposed to. hehe. O:-)

>

> Now of course they get a break or two from the kids, are and pe and music

are

> sometimes only offered once a week they may not get a break every day,

there

> might be one day when they don't have something like that going on,

frankly I

> can see why they'd need a break but then all those kids would drive me

batty

> which is why I wouldn't make a good teacher. :-)

>

> Joy

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Teachers did have more control over the students when I was in grade school

and could leave the room without fear of a riot breaking out. And I do not

recall a teacher ever spanking a child either. They were sent to the

principal's office, perhaps, or made to stand in the corner or kept after

school. I junior high I heard about coaches spanking boys. But it didn't

happen in grade school. Anyway, we kids wouldn't have dreamed of

misbehaving. We went in orderly lines whenever the students left the

classroom for music, art, lunch, recess or whatever. It's was rare to hear

of a student being hurt at school because we were required to be orderly and

well-mannered.

granny

---

" Setting a good example for your children

takes all the fun out of middle age. "

-- Feather

http://www.bspyle.com/granny.html

Re: teacher breaks

> In a message dated 8/13/2001 5:52:17 AM Central Daylight Time,

> bspyle@... writes:

>

>

> > They took a break while we were in music class or art class.

> >

> >

>

> Up until i was in 4th grade the school i attended did not have art or

music

> classes. they were part of the classroom teachers job. i really can't say

> that in my case they took breaks during music and art class. because when

i

> was in 4th grade the elem school burned down and we were stuck in churches

> and spare buildings all over town and they new elem school wasn't finished

> until I was in 7th grade. the only break the teacher got was for music,

> which the did have a separate teacher for in this school (I moved a couple

of

> times, hehe) and that was only one time a week. gee it's been along

time.

> I really can't remember if we walked to hs for lunch when we were at the

> luthran school and church basement since it was about 6 blocks from the

hs.

> I think we took lunch then or went home and the teachers definately never

got

> a break. Course they had more control over the kids back then to so could

> leave to use the restroom if necessary without having to much go wrong, we

> would never never do anything we weren't supposed to. hehe. O:-)

>

> Now of course they get a break or two from the kids, are and pe and music

are

> sometimes only offered once a week they may not get a break every day,

there

> might be one day when they don't have something like that going on,

frankly I

> can see why they'd need a break but then all those kids would drive me

batty

> which is why I wouldn't make a good teacher. :-)

>

> Joy

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/13/01 12:09:32 PM Central Daylight Time,

JTesmer799@... writes:

> . because when i

> was in 4th grade the elem school burned down and we were stuck in churches

> and spare buildings all over town and they new elem school wasn't finished

> until I was in 7th grade. the only break the teacher got was for music,

>

My dad grew up in a small town, (in Minnesota), and at some point the

school burned down. His little brother heard about that and every morning

would dash down the corner and check to see if the school had burned down

overnight. He was never that lucky. Jessie

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/13/01 12:09:32 PM Central Daylight Time,

JTesmer799@... writes:

> . because when i

> was in 4th grade the elem school burned down and we were stuck in churches

> and spare buildings all over town and they new elem school wasn't finished

> until I was in 7th grade. the only break the teacher got was for music,

>

My dad grew up in a small town, (in Minnesota), and at some point the

school burned down. His little brother heard about that and every morning

would dash down the corner and check to see if the school had burned down

overnight. He was never that lucky. Jessie

[Guest guest]

You can tell it's been a long time since Granny was in school. No one

ever misbehaved in my school either. LOL. It was state law (Minn.) at that

time that no student was to be spanked or physically abused in school. I

did have one teacher that beat up on a couple of older boys more than once,

but I didn't go home and tell and probably no one else did either. He was a

very good teacher except for that. We also didn't have prayers in school.

And discipline was a lot better than it is now, both at home and at school,

but we weren't all perfect kids. We had our fun.

One thing I remember in HS, one of the girls was absent a lot, I never

knew why, and she had to have a signed excuse from her mother, which she

didn't always. So a group of us got together and tried signing her mother's

name and mine was the closest so I signed all her excuses after that. Then

we decided I'd better sign her report card too, so I did. We never got

caught. I have wondered why her mother never questioned it, especially the

report card. I never told my mother about it till just a few years ago and

she was still kind of shocked.

Jessie

[Guest guest]

You can tell it's been a long time since Granny was in school. No one

ever misbehaved in my school either. LOL. It was state law (Minn.) at that

time that no student was to be spanked or physically abused in school. I

did have one teacher that beat up on a couple of older boys more than once,

but I didn't go home and tell and probably no one else did either. He was a

very good teacher except for that. We also didn't have prayers in school.

And discipline was a lot better than it is now, both at home and at school,

but we weren't all perfect kids. We had our fun.

One thing I remember in HS, one of the girls was absent a lot, I never

knew why, and she had to have a signed excuse from her mother, which she

didn't always. So a group of us got together and tried signing her mother's

name and mine was the closest so I signed all her excuses after that. Then

we decided I'd better sign her report card too, so I did. We never got

caught. I have wondered why her mother never questioned it, especially the

report card. I never told my mother about it till just a few years ago and

she was still kind of shocked.

Jessie

[Guest guest]

HI

Back in 1996 (to tell you all that it wasn't that long ago lol) my daughter

had a HS teacher who threw her coffee cup across the room, on the 2nd day of

school. Im gathering she lost it and was a bit ticked off lol anyway I heard

during the school year she had the won an award for the best behaved class in

the school heehee hmmmmm wonder why lol said she either had BAD PMS

or maybe she was mentally ill lolol either way it worked

Kathy mom to Sara 9

[Guest guest]

HI

Back in 1996 (to tell you all that it wasn't that long ago lol) my daughter

had a HS teacher who threw her coffee cup across the room, on the 2nd day of

school. Im gathering she lost it and was a bit ticked off lol anyway I heard

during the school year she had the won an award for the best behaved class in

the school heehee hmmmmm wonder why lol said she either had BAD PMS

or maybe she was mentally ill lolol either way it worked

Kathy mom to Sara 9

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/14/01 8:26:36 AM Central Daylight Time,

bspyle@... writes:

> Our lives were

> not scheduled to death. We could explore, have adventures with no adults in

> sight. We knew how to entertain ourselves. We were not chauffeured

anywhere.

> We walked, rode our bikes or took the bus. I pity the overprotected,

> overscheduled, overindulged children, bad mannered of today. Neither I, nor

> any of my chums would have dreamed of being rude to anyone at a birthday

> party!

>

> granny

OOoh Granny Im waiting for the " And all I got for Christmas was a little

wooden train " or " we walked in 6 feet of snow to school " lolol my dads fav

lines for when we whined lolol

You are right about all of the whoooopla on the activities our kids are. Weve

simplified our life recently and Kaite is involved in mostly Church related

activities...oh and soccer

Kathy mom to Sara 9...........Sara's manners are getting better now when

she passes gas shell say " excuse me I farted " lol

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/14/01 8:26:36 AM Central Daylight Time,

bspyle@... writes:

> Our lives were

> not scheduled to death. We could explore, have adventures with no adults in

> sight. We knew how to entertain ourselves. We were not chauffeured

anywhere.

> We walked, rode our bikes or took the bus. I pity the overprotected,

> overscheduled, overindulged children, bad mannered of today. Neither I, nor

> any of my chums would have dreamed of being rude to anyone at a birthday

> party!

>

> granny

OOoh Granny Im waiting for the " And all I got for Christmas was a little

wooden train " or " we walked in 6 feet of snow to school " lolol my dads fav

lines for when we whined lolol

You are right about all of the whoooopla on the activities our kids are. Weve

simplified our life recently and Kaite is involved in mostly Church related

activities...oh and soccer

Kathy mom to Sara 9...........Sara's manners are getting better now when

she passes gas shell say " excuse me I farted " lol

[Guest guest]

That incident of which your grandfather speaks was not typical. My eldest

son had a cruel, mentally ill teacher one year as well. She died a year

later of a brain tumor. I had a cruel teacher in the sixth grade. I'm sure

there are cruel teachers out there today. This is totally irrelevant to the

discussion and certainly not an argument against learning good manners.

granny

---

" Setting a good example for your children

takes all the fun out of middle age. "

-- Feather

http://www.bspyle.com/granny.html

Re: teacher breaks

> In a message dated 8/13/2001 3:19:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> bspyle@... writes:

>

>

> > . Anyway, we kids wouldn't have dreamed of

> > misbehaving. We went in orderly lines whenever the students left the

> > classroom for music, art, lunch, recess or whatever. It's was rare to

hear

> > of a student being hurt at school because we were required to be orderly

and

> > well-mannered.

> >

> That is just so HARD to believe!! I guess they didn't have suspensions

or

> expulsions back then ... or maybe the trouble maker kids that they

suspected

> of not staying in line weren't even allowed in school to begin with. Ahhh,

> the good ole days!

> My grandfather used to tell us real horror stories of his school days.

One

> year he basically had a teacher who was mentally ill and started spending

all

> day lining the kids (they were not happy about standing in this line) and

> spanking each one. It took almost their entire day. When I asked why he

> didn't tell his parents, he said that would mean he would get another

> spanking for the one he got in school! Anyway, a young lady was about to

get

> her daily academic lesson ... a spanking when her brother, so distraught

over

> his sister's tears, yelled to his sister to bite the teacher. She did!

And

> the teacher, so angry, started chasing the boy! He ran out of the school,

> with the teacher in hot pursuit and ran into the general store where a

group

> of gentlemen, some of whom were on the local school board, watched in

> disbelieve as the teacher chased that boy! They removed the teacher,

hired a

> new one, and all the children were held back for a year. Seems they

didn't

> spend enough time on lessons and didn't learn enough to pass!!

>

> Now my father tells tales of all the shenanigans he and his friends

> performed, without getting caught. Some of them I can't post here and I

tell

> him not to tell the stories to my kids, don't want them getting any

ideas!!

> ;-)

>

> Cheryl in VA

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

That incident of which your grandfather speaks was not typical. My eldest

son had a cruel, mentally ill teacher one year as well. She died a year

later of a brain tumor. I had a cruel teacher in the sixth grade. I'm sure

there are cruel teachers out there today. This is totally irrelevant to the

discussion and certainly not an argument against learning good manners.

granny

---

" Setting a good example for your children

takes all the fun out of middle age. "

-- Feather

http://www.bspyle.com/granny.html

Re: teacher breaks

> In a message dated 8/13/2001 3:19:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> bspyle@... writes:

>

>

> > . Anyway, we kids wouldn't have dreamed of

> > misbehaving. We went in orderly lines whenever the students left the

> > classroom for music, art, lunch, recess or whatever. It's was rare to

hear

> > of a student being hurt at school because we were required to be orderly

and

> > well-mannered.

> >

> That is just so HARD to believe!! I guess they didn't have suspensions

or

> expulsions back then ... or maybe the trouble maker kids that they

suspected

> of not staying in line weren't even allowed in school to begin with. Ahhh,

> the good ole days!

> My grandfather used to tell us real horror stories of his school days.

One

> year he basically had a teacher who was mentally ill and started spending

all

> day lining the kids (they were not happy about standing in this line) and

> spanking each one. It took almost their entire day. When I asked why he

> didn't tell his parents, he said that would mean he would get another

> spanking for the one he got in school! Anyway, a young lady was about to

get

> her daily academic lesson ... a spanking when her brother, so distraught

over

> his sister's tears, yelled to his sister to bite the teacher. She did!

And

> the teacher, so angry, started chasing the boy! He ran out of the school,

> with the teacher in hot pursuit and ran into the general store where a

group

> of gentlemen, some of whom were on the local school board, watched in

> disbelieve as the teacher chased that boy! They removed the teacher,

hired a

> new one, and all the children were held back for a year. Seems they

didn't

> spend enough time on lessons and didn't learn enough to pass!!

>

> Now my father tells tales of all the shenanigans he and his friends

> performed, without getting caught. Some of them I can't post here and I

tell

> him not to tell the stories to my kids, don't want them getting any

ideas!!

> ;-)

>

> Cheryl in VA

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

We didn't have prayer in the schools either. This praying in school seems to

be a late development. Anyway, we weren't angels, either. Oh the stuff we

could get into! Heck, I signed my own excuse notes when I played hooky! But

we were allowed to roam on our own, take risks, develop our character.

Baseball was played in sandlots with no adult supervision. Our lives were

not scheduled to death. We could explore, have adventures with no adults in

sight. We knew how to entertain ourselves. We were not chauffeured anywhere.

We walked, rode our bikes or took the bus. I pity the overprotected,

overscheduled, overindulged children, bad mannered of today. Neither I, nor

any of my chums would have dreamed of being rude to anyone at a birthday

party!

granny

---

" Setting a good example for your children

takes all the fun out of middle age. "

-- Feather

http://www.bspyle.com/granny.html

Re: teacher breaks

> You can tell it's been a long time since Granny was in school. No

one

> ever misbehaved in my school either. LOL. It was state law (Minn.) at

that

> time that no student was to be spanked or physically abused in school. I

> did have one teacher that beat up on a couple of older boys more than

once,

> but I didn't go home and tell and probably no one else did either. He was

a

> very good teacher except for that. We also didn't have prayers in school.

> And discipline was a lot better than it is now, both at home and at

school,

> but we weren't all perfect kids. We had our fun.

> One thing I remember in HS, one of the girls was absent a lot, I

never

> knew why, and she had to have a signed excuse from her mother, which she

> didn't always. So a group of us got together and tried signing her

mother's

> name and mine was the closest so I signed all her excuses after that.

Then

> we decided I'd better sign her report card too, so I did. We never got

> caught. I have wondered why her mother never questioned it, especially

the

> report card. I never told my mother about it till just a few years ago

and

> she was still kind of shocked.

> Jessie

>

[Guest guest]

We didn't have prayer in the schools either. This praying in school seems to

be a late development. Anyway, we weren't angels, either. Oh the stuff we

could get into! Heck, I signed my own excuse notes when I played hooky! But

we were allowed to roam on our own, take risks, develop our character.

Baseball was played in sandlots with no adult supervision. Our lives were

not scheduled to death. We could explore, have adventures with no adults in

sight. We knew how to entertain ourselves. We were not chauffeured anywhere.

We walked, rode our bikes or took the bus. I pity the overprotected,

overscheduled, overindulged children, bad mannered of today. Neither I, nor

any of my chums would have dreamed of being rude to anyone at a birthday

party!

granny

---

" Setting a good example for your children

takes all the fun out of middle age. "

-- Feather

http://www.bspyle.com/granny.html

Re: teacher breaks

> You can tell it's been a long time since Granny was in school. No

one

> ever misbehaved in my school either. LOL. It was state law (Minn.) at

that

> time that no student was to be spanked or physically abused in school. I

> did have one teacher that beat up on a couple of older boys more than

once,

> but I didn't go home and tell and probably no one else did either. He was

a

> very good teacher except for that. We also didn't have prayers in school.

> And discipline was a lot better than it is now, both at home and at

school,

> but we weren't all perfect kids. We had our fun.

> One thing I remember in HS, one of the girls was absent a lot, I

never

> knew why, and she had to have a signed excuse from her mother, which she

> didn't always. So a group of us got together and tried signing her

mother's

> name and mine was the closest so I signed all her excuses after that.

Then

> we decided I'd better sign her report card too, so I did. We never got

> caught. I have wondered why her mother never questioned it, especially

the

> report card. I never told my mother about it till just a few years ago

and

> she was still kind of shocked.

> Jessie

>

[Guest guest]

*chuckle* No, I'm not going to tell you any tales about snow. We were

barefoot most of the time, though. By choice. One of the reasons I have such

great arches, I think.

I think the best part of as little adult supervision as possible is that we

were rarely exposed to pedophiles! Oh they would pop up now and then, but

since we were into being as far away as possible from adults they did not

represent the problem they are today.

granny

---

" Perhaps one has to be very old before one

learns to be amused rather than shocked. "

-- Pearl S. Buck

http://www.bspyle.com/granny.html

Re: teacher breaks

> In a message dated 8/14/01 8:26:36 AM Central Daylight Time,

> bspyle@... writes:

>

> > Our lives were

> > not scheduled to death. We could explore, have adventures with no

adults in

> > sight. We knew how to entertain ourselves. We were not chauffeured

> anywhere.

> > We walked, rode our bikes or took the bus. I pity the overprotected,

> > overscheduled, overindulged children, bad mannered of today. Neither I,

nor

> > any of my chums would have dreamed of being rude to anyone at a

birthday

> > party!

> >

> > granny

>

>

> OOoh Granny Im waiting for the " And all I got for Christmas was a little

> wooden train " or " we walked in 6 feet of snow to school " lolol my dads fav

> lines for when we whined lolol

>

> You are right about all of the whoooopla on the activities our kids are.

Weve

> simplified our life recently and Kaite is involved in mostly Church

related

> activities...oh and soccer

>

> Kathy mom to Sara 9...........Sara's manners are getting better now

when

> she passes gas shell say " excuse me I farted " lol

>

> Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for

messages to go to the sender of the message.

>

>

[Guest guest]

*chuckle* No, I'm not going to tell you any tales about snow. We were

barefoot most of the time, though. By choice. One of the reasons I have such

great arches, I think.

I think the best part of as little adult supervision as possible is that we

were rarely exposed to pedophiles! Oh they would pop up now and then, but

since we were into being as far away as possible from adults they did not

represent the problem they are today.

granny

---

" Perhaps one has to be very old before one

learns to be amused rather than shocked. "

-- Pearl S. Buck

http://www.bspyle.com/granny.html

Re: teacher breaks

> In a message dated 8/14/01 8:26:36 AM Central Daylight Time,

> bspyle@... writes:

>

> > Our lives were

> > not scheduled to death. We could explore, have adventures with no

adults in

> > sight. We knew how to entertain ourselves. We were not chauffeured

> anywhere.

> > We walked, rode our bikes or took the bus. I pity the overprotected,

> > overscheduled, overindulged children, bad mannered of today. Neither I,

nor

> > any of my chums would have dreamed of being rude to anyone at a

birthday

> > party!

> >

> > granny

>

>

> OOoh Granny Im waiting for the " And all I got for Christmas was a little

> wooden train " or " we walked in 6 feet of snow to school " lolol my dads fav

> lines for when we whined lolol

>

> You are right about all of the whoooopla on the activities our kids are.

Weve

> simplified our life recently and Kaite is involved in mostly Church

related

> activities...oh and soccer

>

> Kathy mom to Sara 9...........Sara's manners are getting better now

when

> she passes gas shell say " excuse me I farted " lol

>

> Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for

messages to go to the sender of the message.

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/14/2001 10:11:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

b4alltoday@... writes:

> . We could explore, have adventures with no adults in

> > sight. We knew how to entertain ourselves. We were not chauffeured

> anywhere.

>

Children are overprotected today so they don't end up hurt, raped or

murdered by the adults of today.

Cheryl in VA

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/14/2001 10:11:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

b4alltoday@... writes:

> . We could explore, have adventures with no adults in

> > sight. We knew how to entertain ourselves. We were not chauffeured

> anywhere.

>

Children are overprotected today so they don't end up hurt, raped or

murdered by the adults of today.

Cheryl in VA

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/14/2001 10:11:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

b4alltoday@... writes:

> I pity the overprotected,

> > overscheduled, overindulged children, bad mannered of today. Neither I,

> nor

> > any of my chums would have dreamed of being rude to anyone at a birthday

> > party!

>

I guess we are really lucky. My kids have always had very hectic schedules

(like now my son has football practice from 8:00am until 1:30pm, then back

for weight training at 4:00-6:00pm and when school starts it will be every

night until 6:00 directly after school) Today he skipped weight training to

go surfing with some friends.

In between he has concert band practice and concerts, not to mention school

clubs and volunteer work. Stefanie has special olympics, horseback riding

and volunteer work. In the winter things slack off a bit, and then comes

spring, with baseball, softball, more horseback riding, more special

olympics, and drag racing!!

I guess they are overprotected, because I sure monitor where they are, who

they are with, and what they are doing. I figure all these activities give

them less free time to get into trouble with more impulsive, irresponsible

activities. But that doesn't make them overindulged or bad mannered. In

fact, I am willing to bet we have quite a few youth of today that are

involved in volunteer work, community service and helping others. Our high

school has a Habitat for Humanity branch and a Environmental club that works

to clean our local waterways, much more service oriented than the clubs

around when I was in school!

Cheryl in VA

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/14/2001 10:11:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

b4alltoday@... writes:

> I pity the overprotected,

> > overscheduled, overindulged children, bad mannered of today. Neither I,

> nor

> > any of my chums would have dreamed of being rude to anyone at a birthday

> > party!

>

I guess we are really lucky. My kids have always had very hectic schedules

(like now my son has football practice from 8:00am until 1:30pm, then back

for weight training at 4:00-6:00pm and when school starts it will be every

night until 6:00 directly after school) Today he skipped weight training to

go surfing with some friends.

In between he has concert band practice and concerts, not to mention school

clubs and volunteer work. Stefanie has special olympics, horseback riding

and volunteer work. In the winter things slack off a bit, and then comes

spring, with baseball, softball, more horseback riding, more special

olympics, and drag racing!!

I guess they are overprotected, because I sure monitor where they are, who

they are with, and what they are doing. I figure all these activities give

them less free time to get into trouble with more impulsive, irresponsible

activities. But that doesn't make them overindulged or bad mannered. In

fact, I am willing to bet we have quite a few youth of today that are

involved in volunteer work, community service and helping others. Our high

school has a Habitat for Humanity branch and a Environmental club that works

to clean our local waterways, much more service oriented than the clubs

around when I was in school!

Cheryl in VA

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/14/2001 10:27:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

bspyle@... writes:

> ! Oh they would pop up now and then, but

> since we were into being as far away as possible from adults they did not

> represent the problem they are today.

>

I don't believe that, I believe it was not reported, if families found out

they just kept it quiet. And then you had kids being taken advantage by

their own family members, again just not something that was publicized.

Cheryl in VA