what was school life like in the 1950,s?

Answer 1

Good. I started school in the fifties and you were taught things like tables and reading/spelling that the teacher could be measured on. Also spelling and punctuation were so important that my spelling is perfect, with no effort whatsoever. Schools were strict - for all the right reasons. You actually left with an education!

Answer 2

I was in grade and middle school then. I still remember my teacher's names and do not have any bad memories of them. In class each student had their own desk/chair. It seems like there were about 30 students per class and we didn't "mess-around". At recess we ran wild. Don't know what the girls did, but we boys had certain times of the year when we played marbles, yo-yo, etc. Otherwise, we played "King-of-the-Mountain" on a hill and "All-Up-Goes-Down" where it was flat! At my school, we transitioned from the single room and one teacher to the multiple classrooms and teachers for the various subjects in the fifth and sixth grades. I think I went to see the school nurse one time. I rode the bus or my bicycle to school. It was a time when we didn't lock anything, including the house or cars and kids could walk or ride their bicycles anywhere without concern for safety.

Answer 3

I had a class teacher in primary school who had her favourites and made the others feel frightened of her. She destroyed their self-confidence with sarcasm and ridicule. If I ever find her grave, I will desecrate it.

At secondary school, the teachers had all earned degrees and were a very small elite part of the population. They had all been through the Second World War and some had had really bad experiences. We were awful to them. Kids gave them rude nicknames and wrote rude words in chalk on the backs of their black gowns. But looking back, it was not unbearable despite the discipline and respect for authority.

Answer 4

At my grammar school end of the 40 s we went to school 5 1/2 days a week. Yes Saturday morning. No computers, Blackboards and chalk, very strict teachers, frequent canings, 6 strokes on ones backside ( it hurt), detention,Not allowed to wear long trousers until 14 years of age, had to wear the house tie, and schoolcap, and if in the street had to raise your cap if you met a teacher..But we had great respect for other people,and their property, and they were happy days.

Answer 5

Fun, Happy,
I Learned a Lot took 6 GCE, which I believe were a lot harder than the exams today, No comps and calculators were allowed
And Definitely No BULLYING

Answer 6

Discipline, respect. no truancy, pot, fags or sex. Everyone left with a reasonable to excellent degree of literacy and numeracy and most remember their teachers with affection. Too many kids today fail to realise how important school is to their future lives.

Answer 7

cold classrooms, strict teachers, no complaining to your parents, the school was always right.have to go out to the playground at break time regardless of weather.oh happy days!!

Answer 8

Strict, very srict. Yes sir, no Sir.......... Nuns with crucifixes and canes on their belts...Did it help us? well I guess it did as I dont need the spell checker on this one, but I believe it held us back in life as we were so terrified of authority...

Answer 9

I would highly suggest asking your grandparents or your parents. or aunt or uncles. or any of your friends' older realtives.

that way, you can get a first hand source! =]

Answer 10

they wore poodle skirts and collar neck shirts