I came along a few years after you and I remember it as well. My parents were a now extinct species: anti-communist Democrats. Remember telling my parents when I was in the 4th or 5th grade that they saw communists under every bed. I got that line from my teachers who were telling us the Soviets were not a threat and both systems were moving toward the center where they would be the same.
As Louis Farrahkan would say, "it is time for atonement". The left has a lot to atone for. Trying to turn kids against their parents for one.
I just happened to have good ol Right-Wing Republicans for parents, still have my Mother, my Dad passed away last year, but they kept me on the straight and narrow, with what would probably qualify as "child abuse" nowadays, but I feel fortunate that they did believe in dicipline and a good upbringing, and I learned very early in life to look for "Commies under every rock". (I still do, as a matter of fact)
Fortunately, I managed to get thru the school years without being corrupted by the leftist horde which now is ubiquitous ( That being said, I did go to Catholic School until 10th grade, when I was expelled for riding a motorcycle (Drunk) thru a glass door (Yup, even if I was a Darwin Award contender at that point, I managed to get my head together (really bad pun here, sorry), and learned early on about AA ;-) which enabled me to finish my education, military service, all the clearances, etc, and stay alive,safe, and happily married after 34 years. Strangely enough, my daughter, who graduated from High School in 1990, had the same experience as I ( without the motorcycle or the booze though), however, she. like I, did go to Catholic School for the first 8 years, and as liberal as those particular institutions have become, she managed to avoid the worst..and is a FReeper (trinity 1..so the line continues.
Of course, my favorite line now is "Don't be fooled that Communism is dead, they just changed their name to the Democratic National Committee" LOL.
Keep the Faith for Freedom
Greg