I do. This morning at breakfast Christopher wanted to know what it was like for me in fifth grade. I told him my teacher was Mrs. Giovanni, I lived on an Indian Reservation, there were about 30 kids in my class (maybe less - can't remember - senileness must be setting in) and there was just ONE fifth grade class.
Donovan said something about "And there weren't very many computers." I had to laugh internally about that. There weren't ANY computers I said.
Nephi said the people in the office did. Nope - they didn't.
Nephi: "Well then how did they take care of all their stuff?"
Me: "They used paper and pencil/pen."
I am feeling archaic right now. Fifth grade wasn't really that long ago. Was it?
It makes me stop and wonder what their kids will think about their school experiences. Things at the schools these days are pretty high tech. Can they be any more so?
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The office people also had typewriters, but I'm pretty sure my kids have never seen one of those, either.
That's one of the things I love about family history - thinking of all the technology that developed over an ancestor's lifetime, like Grandma Keen's. Movies, cars, electricity, indoor plumbing... our lives will have some similarities that way, I think. :)
I subbed last week, and the teacher hadn't set up the lesson on the smartboard, which is how they usually do their math. The kids just freaked out, and I said, "You know what, it's ok- we'll just use the chalkboard." One of the kids said, "What's a chalkboard?" Then I remembered most of the classrooms have white board/dry eraser marker boards, not chalkboards! I told them that I didn't have computers until 5th grade and they couldn't even comprehend it. It is hard to imagine that technology will become even more advanced, but I'm sure it will. Guess that's why I'm not making any money off of it :-)
I remember computers in elementary school. Old Apples that we used to fight over so we could play "Oregon Trail". Good times... Good times.
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