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Smooth53_98, where did you go to school in NJ that you had to walk uphill in both going to and coming from school? Just kidding. Yea, I bet it wouldn't be too hard to come up with a list of things got going for them today that make life in school a cake walk versus what we went through. My kids have me making gourmet lunches for them to take to school or buying it there. my mother gave us deviled ham about an eighth of an inch thick on Wonderbread, an apple and I got a dime to buy milk. They get $75.00 sneakers and $100.00 athletic shoes, I got PF Flyers and a pair of cleats that were about 50 years old and reconditioned each year after the season ended. Backpack? I never got no stinkin backpack. If I had the ordacity to write in any color but black or blue it was points off. My old man was a teacher, old school type, in the same district as me. One day another teacher called to say I cut his class, turns out I had cut the whole day. My old man said, "You want to know what kids who don't go to high school do all day?" I said, "OK, sure." (Mind you I liked high school). He had me dig a hole for a drywell. Taking a pee was something you did on your own time, between classes, in the four minutes you had to leave class, get to your locker and get to your next class. Now teachers are not allowed to say no, no matter how often you ask.
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