Every child but Colter (yet) and Lorien (who wasn't at this school in 3rd grade) got to go on a field trip to a local one-room schoolhouse. I've never chaperoned...honestly, I never chaperoned any field trips for the big kids. I decided to chaperone this trip with Adell. When I was in elementary school in 4th and 5th grade we had a similar experience to an old-timey village called Norlands. In the 4th grade, we went for a couple of hours dressed as pioneers. We walked through the village and observed people living the old-timey life. Then in the 5th grade (the BEST grade) we got to go for a full day. We got to be in the house and do all the daily work a girl of our age would have done. The boys had to go out into the field and do the daily work of a boy in that time period. I loved it! I read lots of Little House on the Prairie and romanticized the crap out of that era. So, I was pretty pumped to join Adell today.
The schoolhouse was a little different than my elementary field trip experience. The kid's teacher was in the very last class to go through the one-room schoolhouse when she was in third grade. It was cool to learn from her. The kids got to write with ink and a quill pen. They had to "make their manners" every time they answered a question, with meant they had to stand up and curtsey or bow before answering. The teacher was not super strict and I think that was good. Even pretending to be in that era, I don't see the point of scaring kids with treats of the switch and yelling. It was a different time.
The teacher said the kids were one of the best-behaved group she had taught in a while. Maybe she says that to everyone...but we felt special anyway.
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