When I was in 6th grade, our health class taught us all about sutures, splints, how to care for someone having a seizure, etc. Once I entered 7th grade, we spent 3 semesters learning about our reproductive organs (really? Who needs half a year to teach that?) and the final semester was us...
In the schools in my town, only 7th graders are allowed a school-appointed laptop for the year. And that is only to get kids accustomed to using them. Not everyone in my town has the financial resources to get their kids computers. Most homes around here do not even have a computer; kids are...
My god, I remember almost all of this. Not because I am old (I am 32), but because I grew up poorer than poor and my parents kept all of their old things. We had a party line when I was little, and I do not miss that. I do miss our landline, though. And our old-school rotary phone. And the use...