Heading Back to School

School has started and that may trigger some old school day memories for some of you. Some of you will recall heading off to a country school, having the same teacher that you had for the last couple of years (and not because you were repeating grades). Or you may think of the old Southside school (the really old one), or when the Northside school housed all grades, or maybe you attended the Catholic school.

Your list of school supplies may have included a new lunch box as country schools did not have the luxury of a “hot lunch room.” Oh, and your list of school supplies was a lot different than today’s.

Could you have even imagined what headphones would be used for? If you had the opportunity to read a “back to school” supply list you would definitely shake your head and make some comment reserved only for the senior citizen today. Something like “In my day-------.”

And yes, I am sure many of you shake your heads and wonder if pre-school, kindergarten, headphones, calculators, etc., have really made a smarter generation.