What country did you grow up in?

I grew up in the southern U.S. and attended public school. The schools at that time were, and still are, made with concrete blocks painted with thick creamy white paint. It was a vain attempt to keep children cool in the 90+ degree heat that occurs 9 months a year. Hot, hot, hot. The playground slides were metal and if your shorts slipped up while you slid down, you'd stick to the hot slide. Ouch!

The schools at the time (1970's) allowed corporal punishiment, so the teacher liberally used a large paddle to make children behave. Shoulder pinching ran a close second in the punishment catagory. I hate to say I remember being paddled for coloring outside the lines when I was in Kindergarten more than I remember any lesson.

During grade school (first six years), the teacher would explain a lesson for the first part of the morning, then pass out papers for us to work on until lunch. After lunch, we would attend art, music or physical education (depending on the day of the week) for an hour, then another lesson with more paperwork. Then lots of paperwork to take home, unless you were quick enough to finish that in class also. It was quite dull.

Junior high and high school followed the same routine in teaching (lesson, paperwork). It wasn't until University, that learning was a more engaging process.

I studied Spanish language for three years in high school and two in university. At the time, I thought there would be plenty of opportunities to practice (Florida has many spanish-speaking residents). Unfortunately, there were no Spanish speakers in my area, so my skills have diminished greatly.

i grew up in canada, i don't really remember my grade one teacher but i remeber my grade four teacher, miss iscavitch(sp), the year was 1971 - 72, she was so cool, she drove a vw bug and wore mini skirts, sweaters and knee high black leather boots, i used to purposley miss the bus so she could give me aride home

i was heart broken to discover she had a boyfriend and was going to get married