My mother died in 1995,age 91-——at her wake a man who was probably in his early 60s came up to me and said he was a former student of hers-———they had both emigrated from Canada to the Boston area,and kept in touch all of those years.
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Wow. She must have really made an impression.
Both being immigrants was another bond/shared experience.
It was great they kept in touch.
I’m sure the old one room schools allowed the teachers and students to have better relationships than the large impersonal schools today.
Add the fact that her schoolhouse was within walking distance of all her students homes gave her the ability to visit their homes.
Those old community schools had a lot going for them.