Man of Steel
10-25-2008, 03:53 AM
Okay--I admit--I am probably among the older members of this site. So the stuff I list here probably won't interest you unless you attended elementary school from 1963-1969.
I was talking to old friend about the things we remembered about going to school during that era.
Things I remembered:
1. The field trip to Butter Crust bakery and getting high on the odor of freshly baked bread.
2. Taking cool lunch boxes to school--my favorite was the Man from U.N.C.L.E, Superman and the Beatles
3. Having to cover our text books with gray covers supplied from Butter Crust Bakery--usually messing them up by taping the covers too tight and ripping them when I closed the book
4. Big Chief Tablets
5. Playing kick ball during recess
6. Having periodic drills by lining up in the hallway, sitting down and covering our heads our arms. Never got an explanation as to why this was necessary--found out later it was in the case the Russians nuked us.
7. Mexican food on Wednesdays--served with corn bread.
8. Watching our female teachers with their short skirts turn around and writing stuff on the blackboard.
9. Riding the bus to school that were old and you felt every bump in the road-with the bus driver playing his radio full blast in the morning and Beatles tunes were about every song
10. The sound of coke machines when someone bought a drink, with the glass bottles making a funny sound and a popping noise when the bottle hit the bottom
11. Saving my lunch money--35 cents--on the morning when Dad could afford to lay out five rows of change; using the money to go after school to buy the latest Superman comic book at 12 cents a piece and a coke for a dime (got really pissed when the comics went up to 15 cents--no cokes after that
12. Seeing the finest teacher in the school pull up in her 1968 Malibu
13. Using cigar boxes for our school supplies
14. Trying to cram all our books in our desks
15. Kids getting busted for wearing their hair too long or wearing pointed shoes like the Beatles as depicted on the first Beatle album (back cover)
16. Making friends with a cool kid whose mother did not mind having Playboy Magazines--man the 1967 and '68 mags had some fantastic girls and the centerfolds were God's gift to mankind
17. Flying Bat Kites on the playing field after school
18. Being bused home one fateful day before school let out and finding my mom praying a rosary--my dad coming home early--the first time I remember seeing my dad cry--the day President Kennedy was killed
19. Shooting my classmates with "spear grass"--great when it stuck on their clothes
20. Waiting in the sweltering sun waiting for King Antonio to get his ass to visit our school
21. Watching classmates appear on Captain Gus--ba ding bing mates!
22 Playing with Tops in the morning and trying to hit other Tops to smash the hell out of them
23. Eating corn flakes in the morning while the Seven show was on TV with Paul Venema and Lydia Alegria
24. Being the last to be picked when sides were taken for football played at recess because I was an overweight kid
25. Being scared as shit when chosen to say the daily poem after announcements were made over the intercom
26. Talking to classmates the day after Batman was aired on Wednesdays and Thursdays--and thinking Batman's costume was gray because everyone had black and white TV sets
27. Buying ice cream "push ups" during breaks
28. Getting the finest teacher in the school in the fifth grade whose lower cut blouses always gave us a great show when she had to bend over to help us with our school work
29. Bragging to my classmates that my mom bought me a Superman Cape for Halloween
30. Having roll called during PE and the damn illiterate coach messing up my name nearly everyday
31. HEB food stores stocking Beatle 45's when you first entered the store so kids could nag their parents all throughout the shopping spree to buy one
32. Home room mothers bringing cakes and cookies to class before class being let out for Christmas and Thanksgiving breaks
33. Having to cheat when reading our chapters--answers in the back of the book
34. Taking our miniature plastic soldiers to school to play with at recess, with them being confiscated when playing with them during class
35. Being sent to the principal's office for talking too much in class--with the principal admonishing us we would never amount to anything unless we shaped up
36. Getting chocolate milk during mid-morning breaks that was contained in small glass bottles with lids that were made of hard paper that had to be popped off with your fingertips
37. Being forced to engage in square dancing classes--that sucked--made us touch the ugliest girls in class
38. Doing incomplete homework because we sat in front of the TV sets with our books open while we watched Green Acres and other shitty programs
39. Eating tons of spinach because Captain Gus told us it would make us strong as hell (it never did)
40. Getting off from school and taking the bus downtown to visit my mom, who worked at Joskes
These are just a few of my memories--what are some of yours?
I was talking to old friend about the things we remembered about going to school during that era.
Things I remembered:
1. The field trip to Butter Crust bakery and getting high on the odor of freshly baked bread.
2. Taking cool lunch boxes to school--my favorite was the Man from U.N.C.L.E, Superman and the Beatles
3. Having to cover our text books with gray covers supplied from Butter Crust Bakery--usually messing them up by taping the covers too tight and ripping them when I closed the book
4. Big Chief Tablets
5. Playing kick ball during recess
6. Having periodic drills by lining up in the hallway, sitting down and covering our heads our arms. Never got an explanation as to why this was necessary--found out later it was in the case the Russians nuked us.
7. Mexican food on Wednesdays--served with corn bread.
8. Watching our female teachers with their short skirts turn around and writing stuff on the blackboard.
9. Riding the bus to school that were old and you felt every bump in the road-with the bus driver playing his radio full blast in the morning and Beatles tunes were about every song
10. The sound of coke machines when someone bought a drink, with the glass bottles making a funny sound and a popping noise when the bottle hit the bottom
11. Saving my lunch money--35 cents--on the morning when Dad could afford to lay out five rows of change; using the money to go after school to buy the latest Superman comic book at 12 cents a piece and a coke for a dime (got really pissed when the comics went up to 15 cents--no cokes after that
12. Seeing the finest teacher in the school pull up in her 1968 Malibu
13. Using cigar boxes for our school supplies
14. Trying to cram all our books in our desks
15. Kids getting busted for wearing their hair too long or wearing pointed shoes like the Beatles as depicted on the first Beatle album (back cover)
16. Making friends with a cool kid whose mother did not mind having Playboy Magazines--man the 1967 and '68 mags had some fantastic girls and the centerfolds were God's gift to mankind
17. Flying Bat Kites on the playing field after school
18. Being bused home one fateful day before school let out and finding my mom praying a rosary--my dad coming home early--the first time I remember seeing my dad cry--the day President Kennedy was killed
19. Shooting my classmates with "spear grass"--great when it stuck on their clothes
20. Waiting in the sweltering sun waiting for King Antonio to get his ass to visit our school
21. Watching classmates appear on Captain Gus--ba ding bing mates!
22 Playing with Tops in the morning and trying to hit other Tops to smash the hell out of them
23. Eating corn flakes in the morning while the Seven show was on TV with Paul Venema and Lydia Alegria
24. Being the last to be picked when sides were taken for football played at recess because I was an overweight kid
25. Being scared as shit when chosen to say the daily poem after announcements were made over the intercom
26. Talking to classmates the day after Batman was aired on Wednesdays and Thursdays--and thinking Batman's costume was gray because everyone had black and white TV sets
27. Buying ice cream "push ups" during breaks
28. Getting the finest teacher in the school in the fifth grade whose lower cut blouses always gave us a great show when she had to bend over to help us with our school work
29. Bragging to my classmates that my mom bought me a Superman Cape for Halloween
30. Having roll called during PE and the damn illiterate coach messing up my name nearly everyday
31. HEB food stores stocking Beatle 45's when you first entered the store so kids could nag their parents all throughout the shopping spree to buy one
32. Home room mothers bringing cakes and cookies to class before class being let out for Christmas and Thanksgiving breaks
33. Having to cheat when reading our chapters--answers in the back of the book
34. Taking our miniature plastic soldiers to school to play with at recess, with them being confiscated when playing with them during class
35. Being sent to the principal's office for talking too much in class--with the principal admonishing us we would never amount to anything unless we shaped up
36. Getting chocolate milk during mid-morning breaks that was contained in small glass bottles with lids that were made of hard paper that had to be popped off with your fingertips
37. Being forced to engage in square dancing classes--that sucked--made us touch the ugliest girls in class
38. Doing incomplete homework because we sat in front of the TV sets with our books open while we watched Green Acres and other shitty programs
39. Eating tons of spinach because Captain Gus told us it would make us strong as hell (it never did)
40. Getting off from school and taking the bus downtown to visit my mom, who worked at Joskes
These are just a few of my memories--what are some of yours?