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debm55

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44. thank you Golden Raisin. No jeans either until my last year in HS. Did you go to a Private School or Public school?
Mon Dec 9, 2024, 10:11 PM
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While I taught, they switched to uniforms and it sounds very similar to what you had to weat.

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No t-shirts jayschool2013 Monday #1
Thank you jayschool2013, I remember also girls not being alowed to wear pants. debm55 Monday #3
Ha! We girls around 5th grade '65 especially in NYC Winters got Feisty! "Why NOT?!!" Within a year we were allowed, all electric_blue68 Wednesday #80
Girls were not allowed to wear pants. Diamond_Dog Monday #2
See post above you. so am I. Even in the winter--no pants. debm55 Monday #4
My school gave up on that rule after the 1968-69 school year. Eugene Monday #20
I was in HS when the rule change. We were so happy. debm55 Monday #22
My junior year in high school They allowed girls to wear pants but NO JEANS. We had to wear dressy slacks. Diamond_Dog Monday #29
Thank you Diamond_Dog I remember those days. debm55 Monday #48
67-68 girls wore denim under their flowing theatrical skirts in high school Brother Buzz Monday #24
Remember. We called them Granny dresses. and you could wear jeans underneath. Thank you Brother Buzz for bringing back debm55 Monday #25
We could wear them under our skirts when it was really cold. Also shorts under our dresses if we wanted to hang upside efhmc Monday #35
Girls had to kneel on the floor and show their skirt would touch the floor. flor-de-jasmim Monday #5
Yes I remember that. Thank you. debm55 Monday #7
I experienced that at my all girls catholic school. kimbutgar Tuesday #53
Woah! electric_blue68 Wednesday #81
Skirts had to be below the knee and no patent leather shoes. BittyJenkins Monday #6
Thank you Bitty Jenkins. i remember that. debm55 Monday #8
You got a "G" in Ms. Watsons note pad for chewing gum. Lochloosa Monday #9
Thank you lochloosa., debm55 Monday #10
Sitting at your desk with your hands folded. debm55 Monday #11
High school MoonlightHillFarm Monday #12
Thank you very much MoonlightHillFarm. Very interesting. debm55 Monday #14
A strict dresscode. redstatebluegirl Monday #13
redstatebluegirl. I remember that.and asking for permission to use the restroom. When I was in the lower grades you had debm55 Monday #15
Smoking was only allowed in the "smoking lounge". surrealAmerican Monday #16
I remember that, My HS had a courtyard where kids could smoke. debm55 Monday #17
As somene who hated the smell of smoke using the girls Lunchroom restroom in HS? Gak! electric_blue68 Wednesday #82
Only one A per lifetime of a particular English teacher. Grr! And subsequently GRRR! GreenWave Monday #18
Even if you really earned it? that is a shame. Thank you GreenWave. debm55 Monday #19
One more DUer old enough to be of the "girls had to wear skirts... 3catwoman3 Monday #21
Thank you 3catwoman3 and those vinyl seats on the bus were damn cold. debm55 Monday #23
We stood XanaDUer2 Monday #26
Thank you XanaDUer2 i so remember that. debm55 Monday #47
Sit quietly at desk, raise hand and stand up to answer questions. Proper uniform with skirt below knees TommieMommy Monday #27
I remember that TommieMommie. I went to Catholic grade school. And everyone sad in unison Good Morning Father_____ or debm55 Monday #45
Boys: No blue jeans or tennis shoes. Had to wear slacks and dress shoes. FuzzyRabbit Monday #28
Thank you FuzzyRabbit. I went to public JH and HS. We were still not allowed to wear jeans or tennis shoes. debm55 Monday #46
No sneakers allowed except in Gym Class. Golden Raisin Monday #30
Our Rule Went One Further ProfessorGAC Monday #36
Professor GAC , I haven:t heard of Hush Puppies in years. I liked them. debm55 Monday #43
thank you Golden Raisin. No jeans either until my last year in HS. Did you go to a Private School or Public school? debm55 Monday #44
Public. Golden Raisin Tuesday #50
Your jaw would have dropped at my HS. Specialized in Art & Music...we could wear within reason.... electric_blue68 Wednesday #83
Thank you electric_blue68. That sounds very interesting. debm55 12 hrs ago #88
Not a rule but Freddie Monday #31
In my school girls had Home Ec and boys had Shop. Golden Raisin Monday #37
True, my last year I was in HS The guys could take cooking and the girls could take auto repair--flat tires. oil , etc. debm55 Monday #41
I imagine my HS was the same before I got there Xavier Breath Wednesday #75
Thank you very much Xavier Breath. The last year of HS we had a similiar class of skills needed for everyday life. It debm55 Wednesday #78
This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Monday #42
I'm female, Freddie was a very beloved cat Freddie Tuesday #49
Sorry, about that Freddie debm55 Tuesday #51
I think we girls had Home Ec but not sure. I don't have memory of hating it, and I was getting into Feminist.... electric_blue68 13 hrs ago #87
That we could smoke on campus Picaro Monday #32
Yes, my HS had an area where the students could smoke. debm55 Monday #40
We couldn't chew gum in class, not that I was really into it surfered Monday #33
I never wanted to either. But if you wanted to chew gum to relax that would be annoying. debm55 Monday #39
My high school was like a medium security prison CanonRay Monday #34
Oh my. That's wasn't good at all. debm55 Monday #38
Pregnant girls could not attend school and had a special at-home curriculum. nature-lover Tuesday #52
Thank you. In my district they would marry, one girl I knew was a sophomore or you went to these homes for pregnant debm55 Tuesday #62
The girl I knew had to leave school but the father got to stay and go on as usual. nature-lover Tuesday #66
The one I personally knew left to the home. The father was a football player. debm55 Tuesday #69
I wasn't a smoker but CA high schools had a smoking section in the quad on campus Basso8vb Tuesday #54
I didn't smoke either but the school had a student smoking section. debm55 Tuesday #63
One of my seventh grade teachers tried to impose that "stand while answering" rule. malthaussen Tuesday #55
Thank you Mal, When our name was called , we stood ---Catholic school. debm55 Tuesday #64
A girl's skirt had to touch KT2000 Tuesday #56
Thank you KT2000, Yes , no talking in class and no passing notes. debm55 Tuesday #65
Having to copy a page out of a dictionary of you didn't finish your work kimbutgar Tuesday #57
Thank you kimbutgar.I remember kids having to that on the side blackboards too, I will not____________ a certain amount debm55 Tuesday #67
Old computers so just were in limited classes mvd Tuesday #58
Had to take typing on a Royal typewriter. No computers back then. Thank you Matt. debm55 Tuesday #68
Me, too. I graduated from high school in 1957. My typing class taught me the keyboard early. CTyankee 11 hrs ago #98
Same here. Thank you CTyankee. debm55 10 hrs ago #99
We had to wear socks under sandals in high school. Wicked Blue Tuesday #59
HAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHA. Good for you Wicked Blue. debm55 Tuesday #70
Gym suits and showers SARose Tuesday #60
Thank you very much SARose, We had the blue one piece gym uniforms. After gym, the girls took a shower in the girls debm55 Tuesday #61
If you mess with Mrs. Mudd... Harker Tuesday #71
Oh no, did she get in trouble for doing that? She should have. debm55 Tuesday #72
No, when I was a kid, corporal punishment was a daily thing. Harker Wednesday #73
Oh my. Glad those days are over. Thank you Harker. debm55 12 hrs ago #89
Not that I'm aware of. sakabatou Wednesday #74
You are lucky. Thank you sakabatou. debm55 12 hrs ago #90
A slide rule WestMichRad Wednesday #76
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you WestMichRad. debm55 12 hrs ago #91
Girls were strictly forbidden from wearing pants. We even played field hockey in little skirts as I recall. Walleye Wednesday #77
Thank you Walleye. I remember that. debm55 12 hrs ago #92
Boy's hair standards LogDog75 Wednesday #79
That's good and thank you LogDog75, My HS never relaxed the standards. Short hair, no facial hair. debm55 12 hrs ago #93
Hold the chalk so it does not screech on the chalkboard. KY_EnviroGuy Yesterday #84
Thank you KY. I remember all three of those. debm55 12 hrs ago #94
18 yr olds could excuse their own absences at my high school JoseBalow Yesterday #85
Thank you JoseBalow. Now both boys and girls can sign themselves out for a job or appointment.I think it was 18 was debm55 12 hrs ago #95
Girls had to wear dresses or skirts. Slacks for girls were not allowed wnylib Yesterday #86
Thank you wnylib. Sorry but your grade school sounds terrible. In HS I did take drafting and the school was very obey in debm55 12 hrs ago #96
Girls couldnt wear slacks Figarosmom 12 hrs ago #97
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