My leukemia's back.

[bruceha2000]

Well... I didn't use ink wells, the fountain pens had cartridges.

I remember those pens.

 

[Alaskan]

I asked a couple at coffee hour today... they did cursive in 1st grade and had ink pots!!!!

 

[oldrooster]

Bruce I am in my mid 40's and we had a similar set up as most here 1 main teacher for 1-6 at each grade level, but we had an art teacher, PE teacher, and a music teacher, the other 3 teachers had their own rooms (PE was in the gym/cafeteria that also served as a room for all school assemblies when we had them on occasion) tutoring for kids with sever problems but could handle the regular class room setting were pulled out with one on one time with certain trained instructors (it might be physical therapy instead of or in addition to gym, speech therapy, math or reading skills tutoring). As I said this was before main streaming of many kids with learning disorders, so most of these students needed help for a year or two, where it didn't make sense to hold them back when they could do 90% of the work or better...

Yes, Al I had a soap opera on my hands blew my mind that it happened.... was so knocked off kilter had to post it to get it out of my system, something I never thought would happen.....

Bunny Lady both of my parents had used ink wells, manly it was dad, mom was younger and her school got rid of the ink in wells by high school. Al My dad said fountain pens like that were a big no-no in high school because they were considered a fad, I guess they were, don't see them around much anymore, but you don't see ink wells bloaters, and the pen holders that have shot in them to clean the tips of the pens anymore either (I saw a couple in my life and had to watch a Perry Mason episode to find out why the shot was in them! lol)

 

[oldrooster]

Al Cursive was 2nd grade for me also, state history 4th, sex ed (reality plumbing not much on the basics which was sad because a class mate got pregnant the next year, I think a half page more of information may have stopped that) 5th,

 

[bruceha2000]

Apparently a lot of schools don't even teach cursive anymore. I think it was more than a year ago there was something on the radio about a guy in his early 20's that didn't know how to read or write cursive, never was taught to him.

 

[bruceha2000]

I asked a couple at coffee hour today... they did cursive in 1st grade and had ink pots!!!!

And now you are going to tell me they are in their 30's right?? Or maybe they were in first grade in the 30's.

 

[Alaskan]

Not sure... I think both are in their late 70s. They both went to schools in New York.

 

[wyoDreamer]

We had revolving teachers in Elementary school, we stayed at our decks and the teachers changed rooms-although we only had 2 teachers + the music teacher. And our elementary school was built with all the classrooms around the outside walls, with the library, restrooms, counselor offices, and music room in the center. You started at the northeast corner in 1st grade, then move through classrooms every grade until you were at the other end of the horseshoe at 5th grade.

My high school typing teacher was also my Mom's high school typing teacher, lol! And our Principle was my Mom's principle.

 

[ronott1]

We had revolving teachers in Elementary school, we stayed at our decks and the teachers changed rooms-although we only had 2 teachers + the music teacher. And our elementary school was built with all the classrooms around the outside walls, with the library, restrooms, counselor offices, and music room in the center. You started at the northeast corner in 1st grade, then move through classrooms every grade until you were at the other end of the horseshoe at 5th grade.

My high school typing teacher was also my Mom's high school typing teacher, lol! And our Principle was my Mom's principle.

Sounds like my Elementary school in regards to generations having the same teacher. Little Country schools were like that back then

 

[oldrooster]

We had revolving teachers in Elementary school, we stayed at our decks and the teachers changed rooms-although we only had 2 teachers + the music teacher. And our elementary school was built with all the classrooms around the outside walls, with the library, restrooms, counselor offices, and music room in the center. You started at the northeast corner in 1st grade, then move through classrooms every grade until you were at the other end of the horseshoe at 5th grade.

My high school typing teacher was also my Mom's high school typing teacher, lol! And our Principle was my Mom's principle.

my mom grew up in a different area, and my dad was old enough all his teachers were either retired or dead by the time I was born, let alone in school, he graduated highschool 23 years before I was born that meant I graduated 41 years after he did...