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In 1973 Vacation Bible School took a full week of the summer - five weekday mornings, three or four hours at a time, free.
The hall was built…
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It Was Something Done To You, Not Something You Chose
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The piano lesson was not generally a child's idea. It was a parent's decision, frequently made…
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The Room Was Unlike Any Other Room in the School
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Home economics had its own space and it did not look like a classroom. It looked…
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You Went Whether Anybody Else Did or Not
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The detail that surprises people now is how many children attended without their families.
A great many parents…
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It Was Sold to You at School
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The class ring arrived as a sales process, and the process was part of the object.
A representative came…
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The Cases Arrived and the Room Changed
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The book fair came in boxes that unfolded. Tall wooden or metal cases on castors, wheeled into the library…