Our school superintendent was an ex-FBI agent! Needless to say, one (both teachers and students) rarely got by with anything disruptive. It was all about respect and learning. And, respect was not just during school time it was all the time!
Our sheriff was 6;6” and an ex Texas ranger!
We did not lock our doors unless we left on vacation.
95% went to church on Sunday and you could not buy beer or wine on Sundays or shop at the malls/retail stores. It was A DAY OFF given by God to REST!
The football boys gym was baling hay during the summer! And, those guys are still strong in their 70’s!
Kids fought to get the few summer jobs at local businesses.
Mom made all our dresses. We had 5 each, one for each day of the week for school. By the end of the season they were faded. We also had to iron them.
The bed had to be made before we left the front door every day.
We walked to school, back and forth at lunch and home in the afternoon. Almost 4 blocks each way.
Mom’s had to call their kids home several times a day as we wanted to play with the neighbors as much as possible.
TV shows were heartwarming and funny.
We blessed God and He blessed Texas and America!!!!! AMEN!
Don't forget stringing barbed wire and digging post holes repairing fences on a HOT summer Texas day. At the end of the day a boy knew what it was to be (excuse me) a real "man". And girls worked just as hard doing their (excuse me again) girl (like homemaking) things. Yep, fences didn't get built and hay baled and stored by itself.
Is that tuff enough? Our football coaches didn't think so. So at the end of the day we were expected down at the fieldhouse to get in some extra practice in the cool of the evening. As night fell we kind of disappeared into the night seeking rest and shelter. Slept many a night in the bed of a pickup truck somewhere between here and there dead on my ass. Oh well, maybe it wasn't that bad but it sure seemed like it at the time. Growing up and learning you're not indestructible - that's life.