Childhood Memories - #2
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (183275)
United States
April 22, 2022 8:57am CST
To continue: (This was a suggestion by @JudyEv
The first half of kindergarten was spent in Cleveland at a Catholic school around the corner. The only thing I remember about that was nap time. The second half of kindergarten was spent in East Cleveland at another Catholic school - no nap time there. The only thing I remember was a day when I was coloring a wheelbarrow. I was always a perfectionist; and the little boy next to me jostled my arm and made me color outside of the lines. I was really upset!
First grade was learning how to print and how to read. I remember the Dick and Jane primers and making flower crowns for the Virgin Mary statue during certain times of the year. I was in the top 4 readers in my class; so the nun recommended that I skip 2nd grade. My mother agreed.
To be continued...
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@LindaOHio (183275)
• United States
23 Apr 22
lol I was so upset at 5 years old about a coloring project!
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@LindaOHio (183275)
• United States
24 Apr 22
@CarolDM It must have been to remember it eons later!
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Apr 22
@LindaOHio It was a big deal to you.
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@LindaOHio (183275)
• United States
23 Apr 22
They also wanted me to skip another grade. My mother had the foresight to say "no". I'm glad she did.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
28 Apr 22
@LindaOHio I didn't advance my daughter either.
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@popciclecold (39649)
• United States
22 Apr 22
Don't remember much about those days.
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@LindaOHio (183275)
• United States
23 Apr 22
That's OK. Thanks for stopping by.
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@RasmaSandra (81194)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Apr 22
I remember those primers, I also remember trying hard to write the alphabet. You were such a smart little girl skipping a grade,
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@LindaOHio (183275)
• United States
23 Apr 22
The nuns wanted me to skip another grade; but my mother was smart enough to say "no". I would have gotten out of high school at 16. Way too young.
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@AliCanary (3247)
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23 Apr 22
I remember kindergarten is where I learned to tie my shoes. Dad had tried to teach me at home using the "rabbit runs around the tree and down the hole" method, but I hadn't quite gotten it, yet!
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@LindaOHio (183275)
• United States
23 Apr 22
How cute. I think I learned at home...from what I can remember.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
22 Apr 22
I have little memories about my childhood days. I didn't like school, most of the time. Playground activities, certain incidents, I remember. My life always had one friend, who was bossy and controlling.
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@LindaOHio (183275)
• United States
23 Apr 22
Sounds like my sister-in-law. We were friends in junior high and high school.
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