1. If you were a girl in the 70’s in the U.S., you were expected to take Home Ec. in high school. Did you and what did you take from the class, if anything? If you are a guy, would you have liked to have had the option of taking it?
I was a girl in the 70s and 80s in the US - and Home Economics courses didn't exist in elementary, junior high or high school. They didn't exist in Pennsylvania or Kansas City. Are you sure you're not discussing the 1950s and 60s?? You may be older than you think you are?
2. How were your school lunches?
I didn't buy lunch. I brought it from home. And I barely ate that. I hated lunch - wasn't until years later that I figured it out. Gluten Intolerant.
I had Figurines - Diet Chocolate Energy Bars in high school.
3. Did you walk, take a bus, or have someone drive you to school?
Varied.
Elementary? In PA, I walked about thirty minutes to the bus stop with a friend, and took a half hour ride to school, which in the fifth grade became an hour. Then we moved in KS, and I walked or rode my bike to school.
Junior High? Walked. Or was driven on bad days, but that was rare.
High School? Bus (it stopped in front of our house) or walked, which was about an hour or forty-five minutes. I hated taking it, but I wasn't comfortable driving and didn't own a car. (My brother was three years younger.)
Stayed late for theater a lot - so mother picked me up or someone drove me home. Did a lot plays, stage crew, etc. Heavily involved in high school. Also track. I ran cross country and sprints in junior high and some of high school. In junior high - was involved with the school paper, and other extracurricular activities. I rode my bike a lot to school - but it was problematic - the tires were always low, and I could never remember the combination lock (switched the numbers around in my head).
4. Were there any classes there were off limits to you because of your sex?
No. It was the 1980s. And in the 70s, we didn't have electives until I hit high school. Everything was non-gender specific. We were only split up in junior high and high school for gym. But we played touch football.
Whomever wrote this must have been raised in the 50s and 60s, or something?
5. Looking back on it now, what was the biggest life lesson you took from high school?
To forget about it? That it doesn't matter - it was four years of my life.
To learn. Be creative. And ignore the bullies?
I don't know. It was over forty years ago, I barely remember it. And am happy about that. It's kind of sad that a lot of folks focus so much on high school - it's what? Four years of your life?
I was a girl in the 70s and 80s in the US - and Home Economics courses didn't exist in elementary, junior high or high school. They didn't exist in Pennsylvania or Kansas City. Are you sure you're not discussing the 1950s and 60s?? You may be older than you think you are?
2. How were your school lunches?
I didn't buy lunch. I brought it from home. And I barely ate that. I hated lunch - wasn't until years later that I figured it out. Gluten Intolerant.
I had Figurines - Diet Chocolate Energy Bars in high school.
3. Did you walk, take a bus, or have someone drive you to school?
Varied.
Elementary? In PA, I walked about thirty minutes to the bus stop with a friend, and took a half hour ride to school, which in the fifth grade became an hour. Then we moved in KS, and I walked or rode my bike to school.
Junior High? Walked. Or was driven on bad days, but that was rare.
High School? Bus (it stopped in front of our house) or walked, which was about an hour or forty-five minutes. I hated taking it, but I wasn't comfortable driving and didn't own a car. (My brother was three years younger.)
Stayed late for theater a lot - so mother picked me up or someone drove me home. Did a lot plays, stage crew, etc. Heavily involved in high school. Also track. I ran cross country and sprints in junior high and some of high school. In junior high - was involved with the school paper, and other extracurricular activities. I rode my bike a lot to school - but it was problematic - the tires were always low, and I could never remember the combination lock (switched the numbers around in my head).
4. Were there any classes there were off limits to you because of your sex?
No. It was the 1980s. And in the 70s, we didn't have electives until I hit high school. Everything was non-gender specific. We were only split up in junior high and high school for gym. But we played touch football.
Whomever wrote this must have been raised in the 50s and 60s, or something?
5. Looking back on it now, what was the biggest life lesson you took from high school?
To forget about it? That it doesn't matter - it was four years of my life.
To learn. Be creative. And ignore the bullies?
I don't know. It was over forty years ago, I barely remember it. And am happy about that. It's kind of sad that a lot of folks focus so much on high school - it's what? Four years of your life?