I really don't remember my early education, and most of what I remember had nothing to do with measuring. a bit the
teacher in my 2nd grade covered mostly was feet, inches, yards, and meters, and even that lasted maybe a day or
two. Nothing very long. I'd bet that I really learned about traditional units not from school, but because my grandparents taught me, and everything still uses them, so I'm just more familiar with them. of course, I distinctly remember sleeping a lot in school. this habit was very hard to kill, and even follows me a bit
today. but back then I did it a lot, so I could have slept past most of that. I remember a teacher telling us what our homework assignment was in 3rd grade. (handwriting practice) I can only remember that I closed my eyes halfway through the assignment, and that I didn't do it.It wasn't until 5-6th grade that my teachers finally got me to learn cursive writing and the national anthem. :)Even to this day my writing is far from perfect, altough perfectly readable compared to other's I've seen.Despite my teachers' greatest efforts, I never did learn the capitals of all the states, nor could dare try to remember every single one of the past presidents in a single go.
ahh.. memories... god, I'm getting old...
Thinking about it, I haven't really had to say the pledge of alliegance since about that time, but I was saying it berfore
then since kindergarden, and only now do I realize the meaning of it, rather than just repeating it.
I moved around schools a lot, so I got to see different ones. only in first grade did I ever have recess, and after that, I switched schools and never had it again. Also, back then, there weren't the big signs that identify the school's names. It was a big waste of money to build them if you ask me. also back then, we didn't have those colorful, padded play areas the kids have now. We had an asphault courtyard, and back then you either played tag or nothing. A few girls did jump rope though...One of my schools had two entrances, labeled as one for boys and one for girls, nicely carved in stone. Although even though those labels are still there, they weren't even recognized at all. Which just shows that the building was old... God, I could go on with my stories... but no, I didn't have much of a education in metric, although I do rememeber that every ruler I ever had for school supplies was six inches and had both systems on it. even so, whenever we had to measure something, (which was sparse) it was always in inches. In fact, I probably could have gotten away with not buying one, but I thought that they were so cool!
Post Edited ( 08-09-04 19:52 )
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