I Remember

[Babe Ruth]

"...in a world of criminals who operate above the law..."

Anyone who knows that now has the music ear-wormed..

We need Michael Knight now more than ever..

 

[JAM2b]

 

[WannaWitness]

Knight Rider would be a great show to watch again. I haven't seen it for a long time! William Daniels was the voice-over for KITT, and a few years later portrayed Mr. Feeney on Boy Meets World. He is still alive at the age of 91.

 

[WannaWitness]

Who remembers the Open Court Basic Readers from grade school days? As one who has always loved to read, I recall them pretty well. The stories and poetry in them were memorable. I can find some of the pieces online (the poem entitled Peas With Honey, The Goops, and Narcissa) while others are a bit more difficult to find (Giacco and His Bean). The books actually appeared to have been compiled in the 1960s but were obviously being used in the early 1980s when I was in elementary school. It was a pleasure to read them. I think kids today should read stuff like this.

Here is what one of the covers looked like. This was the second grade reader, if I recall correctly.

 

[WannaWitness]

The timeless Karate Kid films! Starring Ralph Macchio (who always seemed to look a lot younger than the age he was) and the late Pat Morita.

"Wax on, wax off!"

 

[Babe Ruth]

Who remembers the Open Court Basic Readers from grade school days? As one who has always loved to read, I recall them pretty well. The stories and poetry in them were memorable.. The books actually appeared to have been compiled in the 1960s but were obviously being used in the early 1980s when I was in elementary school.

Wanna, I don't remember this specific series ^.. but I do remember the Scholastic book fliers that used to circulate schools in the 80s. It was like a newsprint catalog (like a tabloid, or Parade magazine, etc), w/all the books for sale thru the school. It was cool; I liked picking out a stack of books. Then my parents would have me narrow my practical wish list down to almost nothing.. I also liked the annual book fairs in our school library. I'd always snatch up football & sports trivia reads.

 

[mama2one]

Scholastic book fliers
also liked the annual book fairs in our school library.

my kid's elementary school still has both ^
lol

 

[WannaWitness]

Yes, every school does things differently. Guess I should have known that the chance was slim that some here would remember them. I don't remember the book fliers. However, I do remember Weekly Readers which were usually based on classroom curriculum. I enjoyed reading them, although no particular issue or theme stands out to me at the moment.

They looked something like this:

 

[WannaWitness]

Math book I used in 3rd grade (it's all coming back to me now):

Again, I'm aware that some will not remember these seeing that every place is different.

 

[WannaWitness]

Beaded jump rope:

 

[WannaWitness]

Oh... and I'm sure a lot us here would agree (who ate "hot lunch" most of the time in grade school) that the school spaghetti was practically the grossest stuff on Planet Earth! Yet staff on duty during lunch period wouldn't let us leave for recess until we've eaten pretty much everything, forcing us to gag down every disgusting morsel. I have always had problems with squishy, mushy noodles (and still do!) so spaghetti day was the worst. I'd post an example, but I don't want to cause anyone to hurl, including myself!

Well, that all changed once we entered junior high/middle school. Thankfully!

 

[WannaWitness]

The cheap little black comb they gave out on school picture day:

 

[mama2one]

Yet staff on duty during lunch period wouldn't let us leave for recess until we've eaten pretty much everything, forcing us to gag down every disgusting morsel.

wow, you must have had mean lunch ladies, lol!

my kid says kids that buy lunch throw away frt/ veggies

mostly our kid brings lunch but maybe once/twice mos, let her buy
strangely tho, she often come home with a stomachache those days so am wondering about the quality of the food there!

 

[WannaWitness]

wow, you must have had mean lunch ladies, lol!

my kid says kids that buy lunch throw away frt/ veggies

mostly our kid brings lunch but maybe once/twice mos, let her buy
strangely tho, she often come home with a stomachache those days so am wondering about the quality of the food there!

Well, I wouldn't say mean now that I look back upon it, but more like strict. Probably just didn't want to see anything wasted. But it might have helped if they had made better food, in general. Hot dogs were probably the runner-up in my book as the second most disgusting meal. The school pizza was okay (it was always French bread pizza), and the hamburgers were passable (just dry and lacked flavor).

I do remember taking my own lunch very occasionally. I also remember how they separated the "hot lunch" kids from the "cold lunch" kids in the cafeteria. I don't know why they did that, but I guess they had their reasons.

 

[mama2one]

I do remember taking my own lunch very occasionally.

we always send a frt and a veggies with kid's lunch
one day in K, we had some baby carrots at home but our kid wouldn't eat them and I said but you eat them at school

then learned she'd been asking for dip at school whenever we sent carrots! (I was so embarrassed)
so started buying little dip pkgs for her to bring to school

 

[WannaWitness]

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[WannaWitness]

we always send a frt and a veggies with kid's lunch
one day in K, we had some baby carrots at home but our kid wouldn't eat them and I said but you eat them at school

then learned she'd been asking for dip at school whenever we sent carrots! (I was so embarrassed)
so started buying little dip pkgs for her to bring to school

That's a good idea about the dip. Usually, kids do have problems with eating vegetables unless they have a dip to go with it. Past or present.

Oddly enough, I've never had much of an issue with eating fruit and vegetables, even spinach. The only vegetable I couldn't stand was onions. I don't know, I just didn't like onion in anything, no matter what it was. Always thought it ruined the flavor. However, I appreciate a little bit of onion now, as my tastes have changed in that way over the past few years (still don't like things too oniony, but enough to where it actually adds to the flavor).

 

[Babe Ruth]

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Again, I'm aware that some will not remember these seeing that every place is different.

True, every region of the country had variations of curriculum & habits.. but I assume there were some universal practices shared by public schools..
I remember in the 8os, the heavy TVs & wood panelled VCRs being rolled in to class for the ocassional televised treat. We'd watch stuff on PBS like Mulligan's Stew, etc.
As an adult, I worked in LA w/one of the child actresses from Mulligan's. She had a decent child acting career (including an episode of Wonder Woman). Small world..

 

[WannaWitness]

Who remembers our old buddy Louie the Lightning Bug? He taught us all about how to "play it safe" around electricity. Back when PSAs were informative and fun at the same time.

 

[Babe Ruth]

Who remembers our old buddy Louie the Lightning Bug? He taught us all about how to "play it safe" around electricity. Back when PSAs were informative and fun at the same time.

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I also remember Energy Ant (circa 1981).
And remember circa 1987, they used to have public service commercials on Saturdays, about litter/recycling etc. U had to send a hand written letter to request more info. Seemed like the addresses were always Pueblo, CO.

I thought Pueblo was a funny name for a town.