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Jackpine Radical

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1. I spent my first 7 years of education in a 1-room country school.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat Jan 25, 2014, 04:24 PM

Jan 2014

Outhouses, a hand pump for water, a wood & coal stove, and one teacher for all subjects for all 8 grades, like something out of the 19th century. Among those who were in school during the years I was there, 3 got PhD's.

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How a small town High School in the early 60s did it. [View all] MineralMan Jan 2014 OP

I spent my first 7 years of education in a 1-room country school. Jackpine Radical Jan 2014 #1

There was one of those schools in a nearby town to mine. MineralMan Jan 2014 #2

I had the same experience you did in a school system in northeastern Ohio ... spin Jan 2014 #3

Thanks. Sounds like a similar school system. MineralMan Jan 2014 #4

My school system was also small. That might play a significant role. (n/t) spin Jan 2014 #7

I think we're close to something here with the MineralMan Jan 2014 #10

I went to a school K-12 and most of my class started kindergarten together. Frustratedlady Jan 2014 #5

Even smaller and richer in experiences, it sounds like. MineralMan Jan 2014 #9

I had a similar experience growing up in NW Ohio. madinmaryland Jan 2014 #6

I think that was typical for schools in MineralMan Jan 2014 #8

I think a lot of it is students are a name not a number. You don't get lost in the crowd. Frustratedlady Jan 2014 #11

Wow, that sound really close to the school I went to in NW Ohio Springslips Jan 2014 #13

I used to sign with my student number as a form of protest. malthaussen Jan 2014 #12