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In 1972 a church social meant forty families each arriving with one covered dish, set down on a trestle table among all the others, with no list of…
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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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In 1974 a school ran substantially on jobs done by its own pupils, and the list is startling when it is written down.
A child stopped traffic at…