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Jennifer Crawhorn: School days, then and now Grandpa's old stories about school were the same every time, but they were always fascinating. Nanny was so old she didn't even have a car to go to school in? And today? Vacacations a dwindling but the money drain grows as school goes on By Jennifer Crawhorn With school starting this week it got me thinking about my grandpa and his school stories. I remember many stories that my grandpa told during my childhood. But the ones that stand out the most in my memory are the ones of going to school. It seem like it was the same old story every time, but it still fascinated me every time he told it. It was always miles and miles to school up hill both ways. They went to school, even when it snowed Not to mention they went to school even when it snowed. And not like one of those snows we get today. But at least a couple feet deep. Most of the time he was lucky to have shoes. And when he did have shoes he usually didn't have socks or the shoes were plum worn out with holes in the sides. Would sit by stove at school to warm his toes The other day I had been telling my ten year old son my grandpa's school stories. Which lead him to a similar conversation with his grandma. He was talking with my mom, who is in her sixties. He was asking her all kinds of questions. School lunch was usually from leftovers She told him of how her lunch was usually just leftovers from supper the night before and she had to carry it to school in an old lard bucket. "Wow." he said. in awe." Did you ride the school bus or did mom or dad take you in a car?" And she said, "No, I walked, Honey. Most people didn't have cars". Nanny so old she didn't have a car when she went to school And my son bless his heart, misunderstood and said loudly to me, "Momma, Nanny's so old that they didn't even have cars back when she went to school." Well that got a good laugh from his nanny and while I couldn't hold back my smile I did still correct him and make him apologize. And although they did have cars back when my mom was in school, it still amazes me of how much times have changed since then. Life was just so much more simple back then. You didn't have to worry about needing $20.00 to $30.00 worth of school supplies. You just got them some paper and pencil and they were good to go. But now those expensive school supplies just get you started. There are shoes, clothes, backpacks and so on. Today, money drain continues and grows as school goes on But the trouble is it just doesn't seem to stop once school is started. Seems like there's always money needed for this or that. It's not the schools fault. And I'm not trying to point blame anywhere. I'm just making a comparison of times. Everything was so much simpler back then including school. It was also I'm sure much more simple for teachers back then also, Today it's seems as though teachers are continuously given less pay and more students. And not only was school more simple, but it also seems as though it didn't last as long. I was thinking as we finished my son's school shopping, Man where did the summer go. What happened to the three month summer vacation? What happened to 3 month summer vacations? It seems like every year the summer vacation gets shorter. This summer it was around two month's vacation for students. Pretty soon I'm sure it will be where they will have to go year round and then we'll really be asking man where does the time go? Our children will some day be grown and we'll no longer have school supplies, football practice, cheerleading, or the many other things that children do to complain about. I often think of a new song I heard on the radio a while back. It's called it won't be like this for long. And man, does it say it all! So sometimes even though we will still look back and wonder where the time went. We shouldn't stay in the moment for too long because when you dwell in the past life passes you by. So complain and worry about school and other things as mothers and fathers do, but don't let it steal your time with your children, Why? "Because it won't be like this for long. One of these days they'll be all grown up and gone." This story was posted on 2009-08-09 05:20:42
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