I don't know how kids feel today but going back to school for me was always exciting especially in Grade School. I loved the summer fun down in our little valley with Brenda but I also missed all my friends and classmates. After a few weeks of the newness I probably was wishing I could be back to sleeping in and running in the pasture and the lane between our houses, but for now I want to be with my school pals.
There was no phone, E-mail, text, and just no contact with them until school started again so this was like a new beginning.
We
wrote letters and how to write them was pretty much drilled into us at School. Spelling, writing upright, crossing your 't's and dotting your 'i's' was taught. We were taught how to address the envelope all prim and precise which I still do. This of course is probably one of the reasons that more senior people nowadays spell better (although I'm always using spell check).You would think nothing of sitting down with your lead pencil and writing to Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle or Aunt, and of course your school pals.
No instant messaging, twitter or skype to keep people up to date on your day to day activities, it was a sheet of BlueHorse paper and a pencil with a good eraser.
The hardest part was saying something different in every letter, there was no copying and pasting. You simply wrote a letter.
Maybe a week before school started Mama and Daddy, yes both my parents, took me to Ozark for my going back to school necessities. There wasn't a big long list of things we were required to have. On our list was, paper, pencil,school glue,a box of crayons, and scissors. Now that is a very short list but we were not deprived and learned just as well. SIMPLE, SIMPLE. Now what is wrong with that?
I got socks, underwear, and one dress at Coley's store and a pair of shoes at Dryer's shoe store. Other things were bought when there was money to do so.
I am happy that I grew up when I did and went to school in more simple and laid back times. I'd really hate to have to go to school in the today's troubled times.
