I’m participating in another Fun Monday. This week, Mama Drama asked what funny trivial fact do you remember that you probably should have forgotten a long time ago?
I seem to remember activities we did or topics we studied, rather than facts. Here’s a few from my early school years.
Pre-Kindergarten – There were pictures of different-colored cats on the wall that we would use to learn our Spanish colors. I also remember being tested on tying my shoes and memorizing my address.
Kindergarten – We had a show and tell guessing game one time. The shower held his object up behind a sheet with a light shining on it. The class could see the silhouette on the other side and had to guess the object. I had a horseshoe crab shell to show. I don’t remember if anyone guessed it, but I doubt it.
First Grade – I remember a lot of detail from this year. One thing that stands out is that my class sent President Reagan a jar of jelly beans, and he sent us back thank you notes. I also remember watching the Challenger explode in the sky from the playground.
Second Grade - The first thing I remember from this year was getting caught cheating. We were taking a test on telling time and the answers were posted on a sheet of paper on the board. The teacher noticed that I stood next to the board – trying to memorize them – for too long after asking her a question. Whoops. It took me years, by the way, to be able to tell time on an analog clock.
Third Grade – I think this is the year that we made egg babies (blown out egg shells) and had to keep them alive (uncracked) for a week. We carried them around with us everywhere, and if we went somewhere that we couldn’t bring them along, like Physical Education class, we had to find a babysitter to watch them.
Fourth Grade – This year, the cool thing to do was to color in marker on your desk, then spread Elmer’s glue over it and let it dry. We peeled off the dried, colored glue, but I’m not sure what we did with it. Oh well. I also remember that my teacher had a different pair of earrings for every day of the year.
Fifth Grade – This year sticks out in my memory too. I remember reading about the Underground Railroad, and the Salem Witch Trials, and the Phantom Tollbooth. My teacher would sing Barney Google to us. This is also the year that we had DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) and a police officer taught us to say no to drugs.
The photos in this post have nothing to do with the topic. They’re just some of the insects I found in the garden at our church. Thomas had a meeting there last week, so I entertained myself outside with my camera while I waited for him.
Here’s the whole set:
