Well, I was in Jr High at the time anyway, I’m sure of that. Sept ‘57 - June ‘60. Passed the required U.S. Constitution test and graduated from the eighth grade in ‘59. Used to be you couldn’t graduate from the eighth grade without passing that test. It was a big deal at the time and we all studied hard and worried about passing. Had no idea back then that it would still be so serious to me 50 years later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWgyum5fjJc
Yes, I remember the constitution test, that was in ‘58 for me.
It’s hard to believe how much things have changed since then.
What I fins interesting, is that we can relate to things of the time to ‘what grade’ we were in ;)
Actually, that is HOW I narrow down the time lines of situations.. Still would have to go to a library to search through tons of newspapers to find what I was looking for :p