Thank You!
What a great reminiscence!
There were still schools like yours in the 1950s.
I know because my wife attended one.
She was the only girl in her class with about 4 boys!
The entire elementary school only had about 2 dozen students on a big year.
Sand lot baseball was still the craze when I was school age.
Kids of all ages and sizes on the same teams.
Seems like someone could usually come up with a falling-apart baseball wrapped in that sticky black tar tape!
Summer time it was out the door as soon as we could wolf down some breakfast, do the chores, and stay outside playing, finding some fruit or vegetables for a snack, climbing trees, hiking through the fields and woods or just hanging around until dark.
If a kid wasn’t outside he was either sick or in the dog house.
There was so much to do and summers went by so fast!
I’m glad we didn’t have computers and video games because absolutely nothing comes close to the enjoyment we had back then.
those are great reminiscences! Thank you both for sharing them.
I feel sorry for kids today, first they are stuck inside most of the time, and are constantly supervised. And then any games or entertainment they have are completely planned for them. As in, they just pop in the video game or turn on the TV and just set there. They aren’t required or even allowed to use their imagination, to expand their horizons and learn what they are capable of. Nor do they get physically fit!
When things fall apart, I believe the worst part will be that the younger generation will be like deer in the headlights. They will just be stunned, have no clue what happened, and even less clue how to deal with it. They will just sit and wait for the FEMA trucks that never show up.
I’m planting my garden now, and I’m pretty overwhelmed thinking of all the work I have set out for myself - yet again! Give me another five years and this will become even harder. Physically I mean. If I had to depend on this garden just to survive, it will be scary going. My husband and I will definitely need some young people, healthy and energetic, to help out. The problem is, where would we find them?