tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post1161744539729199436..comments2024-03-25T12:21:56.752-05:00Comments on Sweethearts Of The West: READING, 'RITING and 'RITHMETIC by Cheri Kay CliftonCaroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-64086329571696848072017-04-10T14:27:26.436-05:002017-04-10T14:27:26.436-05:00My dad went to a two-room schoolhouse about 2 mile...My dad went to a two-room schoolhouse about 2 miles from the house. It was almost a mile just to get off the farm. Each room was barely eight by ten feet. Older students helped the younger students. He carried a dinner bucket. They didn't have school in the worst of winter, during harvest, or at planting time. But they did have two weeks off during the summer and a week over the Xmas holidays. He carried a slate and chalk. He started school in 1909.<br /><br />He started at age six and not a day before, but he could already read for his grandmother (multi-generational house) taught him. And if you think he was taught with a McGuffey reading book, think again. He was taught to read the Bible. Every household had one. <br /><br />My father swore his lessons were ten times tougher than anything I brought home. His education only went to the sixth grade. He had to quit to work the farm, but I could bring home advanced calculus problems, and he could solve them. I never understood how he figured them but he did. He thought slide rulers were a means to cheat on the math. :-)E.Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338305018025847649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-24790410902898640942017-04-08T07:28:10.801-05:002017-04-08T07:28:10.801-05:00Ha! Celia, got a kick out of reading that dialogue...Ha! Celia, got a kick out of reading that dialogue, words one would certainly hear from a teacher in that place and time. And if one of them didn't behave, he or she would be wearing a "dunce cap" and sitting in the corner of the classroom, a punishment eventually abandoned for being too embarrassing to the students. BTW, the history of the dunce cap is another bit of interesting trivia.Cheri Kay Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035609961825622472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-60826239184813229102017-04-07T11:37:59.689-05:002017-04-07T11:37:59.689-05:00And to think, many scholars and country leaders we...And to think, many scholars and country leaders went to these schools. You might think we overeducate today, but I suppose not. Our world is so much more diverse and complicated, a wider world of knowledge is needed. But I do love these old school houses.I began one of my Dime Novels in a one room school:<br />"Students, I shall remind you to walk instead of stampeding out the door like a herd of wild ponies. Let's act like ladies and gentlemen." (Charlotte and the Tenderfoot.)<br />Thanks for the details..another good post to use as a reference. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-80162474434334660962017-04-07T08:12:41.184-05:002017-04-07T08:12:41.184-05:00Thanks, Paisley, great to know that the info might...Thanks, Paisley, great to know that the info might be useful in your story. So many of our Sweethearts' blogs have wonderful information that I have found useful for reference as well.Cheri Kay Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035609961825622472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-3189548958290070162017-04-06T17:33:28.939-05:002017-04-06T17:33:28.939-05:00This is a great essay on schoolhouses and classroo...This is a great essay on schoolhouses and classrooms. I am building a schoolhouse in one of my upcoming stories so found your information so interesting. Paisley Kirkpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401039126457210324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-1859563579000766912017-04-05T18:26:47.168-05:002017-04-05T18:26:47.168-05:00Glad you liked the post, Sarah. I could have writt...Glad you liked the post, Sarah. I could have written pages more! Like many of the topics we research, the history on 19th Century schools was so fascinating, I hardly knew when to stop! Cheri Kay Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035609961825622472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-66167028851065646492017-04-05T18:20:50.612-05:002017-04-05T18:20:50.612-05:00How interesting, Caroline, to read about your moth...How interesting, Caroline, to read about your mother-in-law's living in the same building as the school classroom. I had read where buildings were often used for more than classrooms, such as church on Sunday or for town meetings.Cheri Kay Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035609961825622472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-35954506111859135112017-04-05T08:29:52.796-05:002017-04-05T08:29:52.796-05:00I often heard my parents talk about their one room...I often heard my parents talk about their one room school experiences and how they had to walk through snow sometimes to get there. Except for TV shows like "Little House On The Prairie" and "When Calls The Heart" on the Hallmark Channel, I wouldn't really know what it was like to go to school back in those days. My generation was the first to ride on those yellow school buses and learn in classrooms designed for each grade...thank goodness! Even though my sister and I rode the school bus, we knew most of the kids because they all lived in our community. Things are quite different today. Kids go to school with children from several communities and may not know anyone in their classes at the beginning of the year.<br />I so enjoyed reading your blog, Cheri. It was quite impressive.Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-15615249634920080162017-04-04T17:17:23.379-05:002017-04-04T17:17:23.379-05:00My late mother-in-law told me of living in one sid...My late mother-in-law told me of living in one side of a school while her father was schoolmaster. She was only four when they moved, but she remembers how her mother struggled to keep her younger brother quiet while school was in session so the student's couldn't hear him. I have a photo of her and two of her friends playing house by the house side of the school's steps. She had three older brothers as well.Caroline Clemmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.com