| The ONLY time my brother and I were in the same classroom together was in the 1st grade. AFTER that, the school wisely separated us to different rooms. Since our school was relatively small, there were 2 rooms for each grade. So if one of us was in room "A", the other would be in room "B". In 1953, our school was really starting to show its age, especially with the classroom desks. The 1st grade desks were real, thick oak with holes for ink wells, and covered with graffiti from students that by this time probably had died from old age. The desks were probably OLDER than the ones in the Smithsonian Institution! The following school year when I was in the 2nd grade "A" and Tim was in 2 "B", we noticed that the 1st grade rooms had brand new modern desks! Since then, Tim's main philosophy of life has been, "When we were in the 2nd grade, the 1st grade got new desks, and life has been like that ever since!" Indeed, how true... |
