School Days Golden Rule Days

50 year ago

My Mother tried to teach me what my father could not teach me

For he did not learn the golden rules

But my mother did her best at reading  writings and arithmetic

In my early years then I was on my own

Say in the sixth grade I was teaching my lessons by reading my books

and doing it all by hand.

The computers were not available as of yet

I had to use my fingers and my toes

and learn my math tables 

spelling and reading

proper english

Oh gee wiz

Crime in the streets of America

NBC nightly news

Vietnam War Drugs on the street of America

Pot smoking hippy college bound

Civil rights activists 

Marching on Washington DC

Thats the way I grown up

Watching the NBC nightly news broadcast.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

This couldn't be more different from my own upbringing, which I just wrote about & posted in "Santa Barbara"! No regular TV here until I was in my 40's! It really does shape our world view, depending on what we watch! Enjoyed this intro into your life & interests (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie