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Ruby · The Good Witch Of The South

The first day of school

Lady Strange · 80's Rock Chick

Yup- first day of school every year, we had to dress up & our mom would take a picture of us before we got onto the bus.

Also, in grammar school, we didn't have yearbooks, so my mom would get me an autograph book, which I would have my teachers & fellow students sign at the end of the year. I'm so glad she did that - it's nice to look back on them.

Ruby · The Good Witch Of The South

So how did it go with not so little L today Web?

allycat · Cat Scratch Diva

web...do tell...how was kindergarten?

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

my first day of school I was one of them nervous crying gonna puke kids clinging to their mommies. Sophmore year was better.

-- Edited by JD The Jazz Doctor at 19:36, 2006-08-17

allycat · Cat Scratch Diva

JD The Jazz Doctor wrote:

my first day of school I was one of them nervous crying gonna puke kids clinging to their mommies. Softmore year was better.

lol..I was too. My mom had to push me out of the car and drive away. I refused to get out of the car...she still makes fun of me for that.

Ruby · The Good Witch Of The South

I do not remember that far back

I do know that I started 1st grade when I was five. I was always the youngest one in my class and last to do everything- license comes to mind. But my first grade teacher I remember- she was the most evil nun I had ever met. Thinking back now, she obviously was too old to be teaching and she was gone the following year, but she was MEAN and made us be mean to certain students. Some of those kids are probably still scarred. I remember one kid smelt like poop all the time and one time he took something that did not belong him to him ( I can't remember what), but anyway we had to call him Robber Skunk

His real name was Robert.

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

It seemed to go ok. He was tired and crashed as soon as he got home. Typical boy, recess was best.

Only one incident, another boy was touching his back when they were in line and that was against the rules so he had to tell the teacher to have him stop. Such trauma.

Lady Strange · 80's Rock Chick

Ruby wrote:

I do not remember that far back I do know that I started 1st grade when I was five. I was always the youngest one in my class and last to do everything- license comes to mind. But my first grade teacher I remember- she was the most evil nun I had ever met. Thinking back now, she obviously was too old to be teaching and she was gone the following year, but she was MEAN and made us be mean to certain students. Some of those kids are probably still scarred. I remember one kid smelt like poop all the time and one time he took something that did not belong him to him ( I can't remember what), but anyway we had to call him Robber Skunk His real name was Robert.

You went to Catholic school, Ruby? For how long?

Ruby · The Good Witch Of The South

12 straight years- the first 8 with the same kids then most of us went to the same high school

Sheltered I say, SHELTERED!

Lady Strange · 80's Rock Chick

Ruby wrote:

12 straight years- the first 8 with the same kids then most of us went to the same high school Sheltered I say, SHELTERED!

Wow. I have a friend who went to Catholic school - grammar school only. And then --- rock dude! Slutty rock dude!

Could you relate to the Blues Brothers and "The Penguin"? Hey...

Wait a sec.... Riggs - Was that your inspriation for being the penguin?

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Lady Strange wrote:

Ruby wrote:

12 straight years- the first 8 with the same kids then most of us went to the same high school Sheltered I say, SHELTERED!

Wow. I have a friend who went to Catholic school - grammar school only. And then --- rock dude! Slutty rock dude!

Could you relate to the Blues Brothers and "The Penguin"? Hey... Wait a sec.... Riggs - Was that your inspriation for being the penguin?

Well, I did go to a Catholic grade school for eight years. Like Ruby, same kids every year, moving up through the grades together.

And like in the Blues Brothers, I did have a few fat penguins smack my knuckles with a yardstick

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

I went to a one room country school until 7th grade.

I had one classmate in Kindergarten, but he went to town school for 1st grade. I was the only one in my grade 1st - 6th. Competition was weak.

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

wow! what happened when teach called in sick?

allycat · Cat Scratch Diva

sounds like web should have been growing up with Laura Ingalls Wilder in Walnut Grove...

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

I like Broken Bow Nebraska. I am almost cetain that that's the town John Wayne walked into a bar and wanted a shot of Red Eye in a dirty glass!

allycat · Cat Scratch Diva

lol...do you think they have a bar there?

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

my first grade teacher is now the mayor of wauwatosa, wi....which is sort of like a suburb of milwaukee, but smack dab in the middle of milwaukee county....sorta weird to try and explain, not quite sure I get it myself.....

she is really a neat person. we run into eachother at the grocery store all the time. About 8 yrs ago I was there and she came up to me, I bet I had not seen her in 15 yrs before that and said hi.....I didn't recognize her at first until I really looked at her. oh that was great. big hug "who's that guy gettin hugged by the mayor????" LOL

allycat · Cat Scratch Diva

thats cool....she remembered you after all those years?

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

she did. she is amazing that way. she lives real close to my aunt and uncle and knows them, so in a way she always would ask about me, my bro, my folks and stuff, and then we'd hear how she was.

but yea she must have photographic memory tho. "how was school, you were studying english and technical writing.....?" lol stuff about me even I don't remember. I think I was one of her faves tho....

allycat · Cat Scratch Diva

I guess whats not to love..

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

lol!

I think she remembers me as the crying kid who always puked like wendell!

allycat · Cat Scratch Diva

were you one of THOSE kids?

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

yep! I sure was!

I remember I used to look out the gradeschool window and see the younger kids outside in the sun riding their big wheels, and I saw that I had 8 more years inside this big ugly building, forced to learn, to behave and I would just start bawling! I was growing up and did not like it!!

lol some 30 yrs later I am still right!!!

allycat · Cat Scratch Diva

did you ever grow up or did you pretend well?

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

somedays I am 19, other days I am like 80! somedays I am as dumb as a sophmore, other days really proud of some smart things I did. I dunno!

allycat · Cat Scratch Diva

you seem pretty grown up most of the time...I did say most...I think the cook out was an exception.

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

oh man, I get into the studio and its playtime!

I feel like a kid in there.

allycat · Cat Scratch Diva

I bet...you really have fun doing that.

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

yep. we sure do. the forum was a brilliant idea. once we could meet some of the listeners out there, get to know them, it was awesome! they weren't just numbers and stats anymore, but real people! I doubt we'd even still be at it anymore without the forum! and its the forum folks that motivate us to keep on kickin it up a notch to the next level!