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When I read comments like yours, I think of how schools simply served communities, particularly when my great-uncle and his younger brother (my grandfather) were youngsters growing up in a small rural hamlet in Ontario over a century ago. And actually, my great-uncle married a woman who was the local school teacher and she ended up keeping a large collection of letters, papers, books, and other things pertaining to school and teaching back then, giving that good bit of insight into what all of that was like at that time.


7 posted on 03/10/2020 4:53:39 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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There is a nearby thread with an article by Salena Zito mourning the decline of big department stores (the loss of public shopping and the spirit of community that came with it).

I don’t imagine it would happen, but I would love to see a resurgence of small town living all across the country. Local shops, local businesses, local school systems that are not beholden to national teachers unions or state-sponsored curriculum plans. I think a lot of families would like to slow down and re-connect with neighbors.

But I think our national culture still has a lot of momentum toward high speed, high consumption life styles. People think they want that and so that is what they pursue. I suspect people would be happier if they decided to live differently, but no one can make that choice for them.


8 posted on 03/10/2020 4:59:32 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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“.....what all of that was like at that time.”

Glad you could find the letters and logs, back in those days people could spell without the spell check as it didn’t exist.

rwood


18 posted on 03/10/2020 7:09:05 AM PDT by Redwood71
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“.....what all of that was like at that time.”

Glad you could find the letters and logs, back in those days people could spell without the spell check as it didn’t exist.

rwood


19 posted on 03/10/2020 7:09:27 AM PDT by Redwood71
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