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Jessica
1. What's your name and age now? (Aliases are fine)
2. Your year + grade that you went to High school.
3. Location of School
4. Describe the school
5. What subjects were taught?
6. Describe a typical day
7. Describe extracurricular activities (sports, clubs, etc)
8. Describe textbooks and other education materials
9. How did teachers conduct class?
Answer
Jim. graduated 1969. Location Bluff Springs township school. Brand new brick school. Called the 1957 school. 4 room school, with coal,wood heat, electric,and indoor plumbing. black top out back and stable. First threw 12. Before that we had a 2 room school. Reading writing arithmetic, science, history, was taught. You got up did your chores, cleaned up ate and went to school by boat or horse, sometimes by sled. Put your outer garments in the cloak room, guns had to be cased, and shells kept in a metal box at school. This meant I always had a older brother or younger sister in the same class as me. Big problem. Teacher told us what chapter in the books to read or what math to do. We had a study hour each day at school. If you had problems you had a older student help you. Or you helped a younger student. In study hour. So we were self taught in some ways. And had test every day on what we were to learn. We took our lunch to school and traded around. Kids who lived on the oil road came to school by car or bus. And they could not keep you after school if you lived more than a mile away. 7 mile by boat, 5 mile by horse to school for me. As you could take the dirt road there. Activities. Horse back riding,fishing,hunting, swimming,knife throwing,and what ever else we could find to do. There were not enough students of the same age for organized sports. clubs? I had several as I ran a trap line to school in the fall and winter. Text books. Short stories, and novels. for reading. book reports one every 2 weeks as the book mobil came every other week. Reading book, math book,history book, science book, were the main ones. Pencils paper,pens. They stood behind a desk up front. Told you what book, had a chalk bord behind them. and answered our questions and helped explain what we did not understand. We also had a shop class in the basement. wood working, electric,and general skills class. We looked foreword to school. As we did not have electric at home. Or indoor plumbing. We got that in 1969. Some of the last on rule electrification. If you rode a horse to school you had to provide your own hay and straw, and hand pump water from the well for it. Mothers back then taught there daughters to cook and house work. But many of them were fine wing shots as well. And all knew how to butcher. With knifes. So we treated the girls with considerable respect back then. And we looked foreword to going to school. They had indoor plumbing there and light bulbs. We had gas lamps at home and a outhouse. They also sent a nurse to school once a month to teach health and give us a look over. But she was a State employed.
Jim. graduated 1969. Location Bluff Springs township school. Brand new brick school. Called the 1957 school. 4 room school, with coal,wood heat, electric,and indoor plumbing. black top out back and stable. First threw 12. Before that we had a 2 room school. Reading writing arithmetic, science, history, was taught. You got up did your chores, cleaned up ate and went to school by boat or horse, sometimes by sled. Put your outer garments in the cloak room, guns had to be cased, and shells kept in a metal box at school. This meant I always had a older brother or younger sister in the same class as me. Big problem. Teacher told us what chapter in the books to read or what math to do. We had a study hour each day at school. If you had problems you had a older student help you. Or you helped a younger student. In study hour. So we were self taught in some ways. And had test every day on what we were to learn. We took our lunch to school and traded around. Kids who lived on the oil road came to school by car or bus. And they could not keep you after school if you lived more than a mile away. 7 mile by boat, 5 mile by horse to school for me. As you could take the dirt road there. Activities. Horse back riding,fishing,hunting, swimming,knife throwing,and what ever else we could find to do. There were not enough students of the same age for organized sports. clubs? I had several as I ran a trap line to school in the fall and winter. Text books. Short stories, and novels. for reading. book reports one every 2 weeks as the book mobil came every other week. Reading book, math book,history book, science book, were the main ones. Pencils paper,pens. They stood behind a desk up front. Told you what book, had a chalk bord behind them. and answered our questions and helped explain what we did not understand. We also had a shop class in the basement. wood working, electric,and general skills class. We looked foreword to school. As we did not have electric at home. Or indoor plumbing. We got that in 1969. Some of the last on rule electrification. If you rode a horse to school you had to provide your own hay and straw, and hand pump water from the well for it. Mothers back then taught there daughters to cook and house work. But many of them were fine wing shots as well. And all knew how to butcher. With knifes. So we treated the girls with considerable respect back then. And we looked foreword to going to school. They had indoor plumbing there and light bulbs. We had gas lamps at home and a outhouse. They also sent a nurse to school once a month to teach health and give us a look over. But she was a State employed.
What is home life in Italy like?
Kura
What's the culture like and anyother things they have that is different and alike to the USA. Thanks ^-^
Please, no more about what the people LOOK like, but their HOME LIVES.
Answer
Life here is very simple and very good. Most Italians live in smaller houses than in the US, and apartments are more common than houses, even in the suburbs. Many Italians have a vacation home or a relative who lives in a vacation area (beach or mountains) and they often visit during any holiday break and for the whole month of August. They routinely get six weeks of vacation and much more time for hospitalizations and maternity leave.
Shopping is usually done every other day, or even every day, rather than weekly. They also shop in smaller stores and use open markets or fruits and vegetable stands for produce. Bakeries and butcher shops are everywhere and they use them more frequently than we do. Food isn't exactly like the Italian-American food that you're used to eating. Salads aren't served very often, as they prefer vegetables grilled in olive oil, and pasta is only one course of the meal and the meat is served as the second course. Bread is served plain, not with butter. They eat seasonal foods... seafood near the coasts, meats inland and further north, and they serve vegetables that are 'in season'. Wine is cheaper than soda and is served for lunch and dinner, even in workplace cafeteria lunchrooms. Many parts of Italy have water with high calcium levels, which can cause kidney stones, so they often drink bottled water- especially sparkling/bubbly water.
The households also use less energy than ours. Many Italians don't have air conditioning throughout the house, but rather use window units in just a few rooms. There is also a government mandate in the southern parts of Italy, that limits when heat can be turned on in buildings. Water heaters are smaller and dryers aren't as common... many Italians still dry clothes on the line year round. Refrigerators are also smaller, hence the need to shop for food more often.
Cars are smaller and you learn to drive when you're 18 years old, unless you drive a very small, partially electric car and for that, the age is 16. Parking is hard to find in cities, so cars park everywhere, sidewalks, corners, and it's common to double or triple park next to someone else if you'll just be there for a second. Traffic laws are ignored a lot, especially by the motorini (motorcyclists), and lanes are considered a suggestion, so the two lanes marked on the road will become three or four!
The schedule runs a little later and more relaxed. Work and school starts at 9 am, lunch is at 1 pm, followed by a 'riposo' (rest period), where many stores are closed and apartment buildings have quiet hours from 2 to 4 pm. Dinner isn't usually eaten until 7 or 8 pm, and even later for eating out.
Children are cherished and spoiled. Even workers who come to my house let the kids 'help' with repairs. Older people are also greatly respected and family is important. Family meals with the extended family are popular on Sundays after church. Holidays are sacred and Christmas is not as commercial. Almost everyone is Catholic and considers themselves Catholic, even if they rarely go to church.
It is sometimes very hard to live here and I miss the US a lot... the chaos and traffic take their toll, but the people make up for it. They are very boisterous, outgoing, and welcoming people. They don't call it 'il dolce vita' (the sweet life) for nothing!
Life here is very simple and very good. Most Italians live in smaller houses than in the US, and apartments are more common than houses, even in the suburbs. Many Italians have a vacation home or a relative who lives in a vacation area (beach or mountains) and they often visit during any holiday break and for the whole month of August. They routinely get six weeks of vacation and much more time for hospitalizations and maternity leave.
Shopping is usually done every other day, or even every day, rather than weekly. They also shop in smaller stores and use open markets or fruits and vegetable stands for produce. Bakeries and butcher shops are everywhere and they use them more frequently than we do. Food isn't exactly like the Italian-American food that you're used to eating. Salads aren't served very often, as they prefer vegetables grilled in olive oil, and pasta is only one course of the meal and the meat is served as the second course. Bread is served plain, not with butter. They eat seasonal foods... seafood near the coasts, meats inland and further north, and they serve vegetables that are 'in season'. Wine is cheaper than soda and is served for lunch and dinner, even in workplace cafeteria lunchrooms. Many parts of Italy have water with high calcium levels, which can cause kidney stones, so they often drink bottled water- especially sparkling/bubbly water.
The households also use less energy than ours. Many Italians don't have air conditioning throughout the house, but rather use window units in just a few rooms. There is also a government mandate in the southern parts of Italy, that limits when heat can be turned on in buildings. Water heaters are smaller and dryers aren't as common... many Italians still dry clothes on the line year round. Refrigerators are also smaller, hence the need to shop for food more often.
Cars are smaller and you learn to drive when you're 18 years old, unless you drive a very small, partially electric car and for that, the age is 16. Parking is hard to find in cities, so cars park everywhere, sidewalks, corners, and it's common to double or triple park next to someone else if you'll just be there for a second. Traffic laws are ignored a lot, especially by the motorini (motorcyclists), and lanes are considered a suggestion, so the two lanes marked on the road will become three or four!
The schedule runs a little later and more relaxed. Work and school starts at 9 am, lunch is at 1 pm, followed by a 'riposo' (rest period), where many stores are closed and apartment buildings have quiet hours from 2 to 4 pm. Dinner isn't usually eaten until 7 or 8 pm, and even later for eating out.
Children are cherished and spoiled. Even workers who come to my house let the kids 'help' with repairs. Older people are also greatly respected and family is important. Family meals with the extended family are popular on Sundays after church. Holidays are sacred and Christmas is not as commercial. Almost everyone is Catholic and considers themselves Catholic, even if they rarely go to church.
It is sometimes very hard to live here and I miss the US a lot... the chaos and traffic take their toll, but the people make up for it. They are very boisterous, outgoing, and welcoming people. They don't call it 'il dolce vita' (the sweet life) for nothing!
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