tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post3205804520108532759..comments2023-03-31T01:23:12.538-07:00Comments on Larry's Sepia Saturday: School classroom of old.......L. D. http://www.blogger.com/profile/02270923121962761209noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-39714754889983529152011-05-21T06:03:12.395-07:002011-05-21T06:03:12.395-07:00Larry, as a fellow teacher, I though you might enj...Larry, as a fellow teacher, I though you might enjoy my post today at Nana Stories www.nana-karen-stories.blogspot.comKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770750648145547973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-58626365036850851872011-05-07T18:42:58.668-07:002011-05-07T18:42:58.668-07:00Beautiful photograph! From a time when education w...Beautiful photograph! From a time when education was a privilege and schoolteachers were frightening!Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556727166267551805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-23356229242478377272011-05-01T07:42:45.485-07:002011-05-01T07:42:45.485-07:00How neat! I see your from Iowa, so is my family an...How neat! I see your from Iowa, so is my family and my Dad's mother was a school teacher also, her house is still standing, 1800s home abandoned since the 1960s. We went back many years ago and sifted through paper all over the upstairs floor, I came home with school work of my Dads, school record books and some random student snapshots among other things. What area in Iowa are your pictures from? Both my parents grew up there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-77179890959114119152011-04-27T02:43:38.470-07:002011-04-27T02:43:38.470-07:00Excellent.Excellent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-864472108078673432011-04-23T19:09:31.982-07:002011-04-23T19:09:31.982-07:00very very thoughtful, Larry. I am not convinced t...very very thoughtful, Larry. I am not convinced that today there is education but lots of indoctrination. So true that students need to learn to think, to analyze, to question, to logically reason. Oh my, this post really got me to thinking. Well done...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093078029028920810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-34033075192460160482011-04-23T14:14:06.656-07:002011-04-23T14:14:06.656-07:00We've seen massive changes in the world and ed...We've seen massive changes in the world and education in the last 20 - 30 years, but I think learning depends on the teacher (from a pupil's point of view, I'm not a teacher). If my history teacher had been as good as my ecomonics or English teacher, I wouldn't have spent the last 20 years catching up on history :-) Some teachers just have a natural enthusiasm which is infectious and inspires :-) JoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-15814980057245215162011-04-23T14:02:26.504-07:002011-04-23T14:02:26.504-07:00If it's any indication, my sons are both vorac...If it's any indication, my sons are both voracious readers and my youngest son, particularly, is a student of history, politics, critical thinking. They were both raised high tech (by parents who were voracious readers, critical thinkers, and gadget users).Merihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-45091042993217132812011-04-23T13:33:54.448-07:002011-04-23T13:33:54.448-07:00Reminds me of my first school - and several after ...Reminds me of my first school - and several after that one with the high ceilings. I wonder if those were for circulation or were they just the current style. Much more material and higher cost to add the tall windows and high ceilings. History will always be made up of the current "truth".MuseSwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999288873532715380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-31425126141669953072011-04-23T11:49:57.613-07:002011-04-23T11:49:57.613-07:00Is that really a globe hanging from the ceiling? I...Is that really a globe hanging from the ceiling? It looks like maybe its the firmament. Could there be a globe of the firmament? I think I'm really revealing my ignorance here. I wonder why it's up so high. Doesn't look too handy for studying.<br />It does look like a special occasion...the flower bouquets on the teacher's desk. Maybe it was her birthday.<br />BarbaraNorth County Film Clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683794164957833415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-80010342518230638862011-04-23T11:29:38.359-07:002011-04-23T11:29:38.359-07:00school photos seem to be a semi-topic today. Wond...school photos seem to be a semi-topic today. Wonder what happened to all the students sitting in the classroom.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-12221148299548911282011-04-23T08:17:43.350-07:002011-04-23T08:17:43.350-07:00Hi Larry, thank you for your post and photos. I s...Hi Larry, thank you for your post and photos. I share many of your views of modern day schools and ways of teaching, and with bullying and other things, if I had small children today I would do my best to home school them. My kids are in their early 20's and early 30's, and things were changing back then too ... I'm not sure that every neat invention turns out to be a wonderful tool ... though God help the person who tries to take away my computer at this point, lol!<br /><br />Wishing you a very Happy Easter, and thank you so much for your post.<br /><br />Kathy M.<br /><br />PS - I re-posted my SS link. If you had a hard time seeing it the first time around, I'm sorry.Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171271956883698673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-44275830876801663762011-04-22T21:43:11.018-07:002011-04-22T21:43:11.018-07:00I really like the first photo and especially the g...I really like the first photo and especially the globe hanging from the ceiling! Nice group of students they were too!21 Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071361755673253230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-63130226117794609962011-04-22T17:17:45.747-07:002011-04-22T17:17:45.747-07:00I notice there's a globe in that classroom. I ...I notice there's a globe in that classroom. I wonder how many modern classrooms have globes? It's really hard to get a sense of where we are in relation to other countries if you're looking at a flat screen.Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-80618382459835960882011-04-22T14:28:52.800-07:002011-04-22T14:28:52.800-07:00When I started school, the room didn't look mu...When I started school, the room didn't look much different than that. I wonder if the flowers in the front were for a special occasion.Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-26878201276908313512011-04-22T00:30:12.622-07:002011-04-22T00:30:12.622-07:00I miss being a student teacher...I miss the read m...I miss being a student teacher...I miss the read marks written by the teacher supervising me on my lesson plans. <br /><br />I miss teaching. Thanks for this post and for reminding me about the life inside a classroom of a student teacher, the fun thing and not-so-fun thing and the responsibilities that come in between.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00742777265021634232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-8471240263437553152011-04-21T23:20:54.500-07:002011-04-21T23:20:54.500-07:00Education today is indeed pretty frightening. Book...Education today is indeed pretty frightening. Books continue to be dumbed down to fit the short attention spans technology has created. I actually put a lot of blame on MTV with the video images a series of quick cuts, noise, and motion. Textbooks now have to be visual, content is secondary.<br /><br />And then there's the problem of individual states demanding that history be rewritten to fit a subgroups ideology.<br /><br />It's not a pretty picture, but the pictures you posted are.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.com