Do You Remember

I remember walking to and from school every school day a good mile at least. That is the main thing I recall Marcy.

Oh my I remember our school made the best chocolate brownies I had ever tasted. Til this day never tasted the same ones. I have even dreamt about them since!!!

I walked to school and only rode the bus when there were field trips. The first school I went to had no cafeteria so we ate our sack lunch in the classroom with our milk served in small glass bottles.

I had to take the bus to go to school and then I had about a ten minute walk, no matter the weather.

Oh I dont want to go that far down memory lane, I might find some skeletons - he he but its nice to REMEMBER WHEN!

Funny my first few years were just like yours. The school was at the end of the street and a corner store was across the street. I think I went home for lunch. I don't remember - funny, I remember the rest...Then we moved to the country and I rode the school bus and took lunch to school.

I can write a book on my school memories. Here is a poem I wrote about school days: SCHOOL TIMES Destiny takes us we know not where But we carry our memories there School times, classmates loads of fun Exams done accolades won. Driving teachers round the bend Teasing, jeering it had no end “Stand on the bench” they’d scream away But from them we would run away Lunch time spent in running around In the baking sun till the ball was found The recess over, back to the class Striving for those marks to pass Some were always upto pranks Competing for those tempting ranks Pushing prodding to come out first If one failed the tears would burst Classmates are a wonderful gift Try your best stop the drift Teachers, masters ever so kind Tough it was to leave them behind So many years of endless joy Fun and frolic boy oh boy! Dramas, rehearsals, singing galore I wish those years were here once more

Must had that we always had a delicious homemade lunch, thanks to my Mom

We moved when I was in third grade. I had a slight 'Baltimore' accent and the kids in the new school in New Jersey laughed at me - that's why I picked up the Jersey Twang fast after that.

what was memorable to me.Going to school.That is it.:-)

We wore slacks under our skirts and dresses but put them in our locker when we got to school, because girls weren't allowed to wear them in school.

I remember hot dog day, one day a week, they sold hot dogs for 25 cents, and corn nuts, chips, popsicles, I enjoyed hot dog day. This was a big treat, I also remember being bullied, back then we never used the word bully , you didn't hear about it. I had long, long hair, the 8th graders would call me long hair monkey, slightly over weight, you got called names. All this happened during recess, but others were picked on also, I dreaded recess, so I would choose to hide in the bathroom. not always fond memories of grade school for me.

I loved jump rope and going to school, I hated spelling.

We had to walk 1/4 of a mile just to get to the bus stop and in Iowa winters, sometimes the bus would be late and by the time it got there, you couldn't feel your feet or hands anymore. We always had sack lunches too @Marcyaz .

Because of a move when I was nearly nine I went to two different elementaries. I did get on a bus for the first one. We never had extra money for treats but the first grade school I went to had a snack cart if I had had a nickel. To get to shop there you had to earn a clean plate button by eating everything on your plate. There were also contests to see which classroom earned the most clean plate buttons each month.The buttons were color coded on back so you could not 'borrow" one from another class. I am not sure what we won, it has been a long time. The clean plate buttons by themselves were enough to motivate me to try new foods I did not like.

We walk back home for lunch as we lived on the same street. We also had a tiny corner store where I bought some sweets every day.

Hated grade school so much, l was the smallest in my class and it made me an easy target for bullies