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:
- Butterflies and Bees (10 photos)
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I had problems with that left right brain thing in third grade when we had to start doing real math. Who cares with digital clocks and calculators I say.
The egg shell baby seems like quite the responsibility for one so young.
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Great post, I love that you remember something from each year. The eggs one sounds fun though I bet it was actually quite hard. Your photos are stunning too.
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Heck now….this makes me feel really OLD….why even my own KIDS are older than your school days.
That’s neat about President Reagan!!!!
Loved this Fun Monday. Mine is posted. Hopefully this is a bit on the ‘FUNny side’ too. Drop by if you can, won’t you? Happy day to you.
Your photos are gorgeous! We have photography as a commonality between us. Besides me regular blog, i also have a photo blog at http://thistooshallpass.aminus3.com.
As for Fun Monday, I totally remember learning the multiplication tables in 3rd grade. When we passed the 1′s facts, the 2′s facts, etc., we would get our name written on a bowling pin on the bulletin board! Funny the small things that mattered back then!
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You brought back a memory. I was volunteering at the hospital my first year when the Challenger blew up. I was passing out menus and saw it on television in a patient’s room.
I was in 3rd grade when President Kennedy was assassinated. It sounds as though the Challenger disaster is your generation’s “where were you?” moment.
Good job.
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wonderful photos! and this IS such a fun monday!
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Wow – you remember a lot. I can’t remember any details from those early years. And I was in 9th grade when the Challenger exploded…. and I’ll never forget because I was home sick that day and was hoping to watch Soap Operas and instead watched the thing explode again and again and again.
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Great photos! Love them!
You have a tremendous memory! I forget everything, that’s why I write it down. :)
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You remember a lot of detail from your schooldays. I also love all your beautiful photos.
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Those were some good memories. Thanks for sharing.
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Wow you have a great memory! I also remember where I was when the Challenger exploded….I was at home. I had a paper due that day and didn’t finish it so I faked being sick (it’s the only time in my life I ever did that). I was watching TV when it happened although I should have been working on that stupid paper. And I am old….I was a senior in high school when it happened yet you were only in first grade. Goodness.
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I love your photos..
I can’t believe your memory!!! I am very impressed!!
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ear rings for every day?
I don’t have very many and they still get dusty hanging on my stand.
lovely photos by the way. I need to go look at the rest (and see if you identified them?)
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Hey Dallas- I totally remember the glue and marker thing in 4th grader at Boca Academy. I also remeber that we had pens/pencils with the small troll dolls on top and I am pretty sure I had a whole set up for the troll in my desk. The other thing that sticks out from 4th/5th grade is lucky bucks…remember those??
Holy beautiful photos batman!
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My first grade class sent President Regan a get well card–that was the year he was shot. He wrote us back…I still have a photocopy of the letter :-)
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