Monday, June 8, 2015

Haunting chalkboard drawings, frozen in time for 100 years, discovered in Oklahoma school

 

Teachers and students scribbled the lessons — multiplication tables, pilgrim history, how to be clean —  nearly 100 years ago. And they haven’t been touched since.

This week, contractors removing old chalkboards at Emerson High School in Oklahoma City made a startling discovery: Underneath them rested another set of chalkboards, untouched since 1917.

“The penmanship blows me away, because you don’t see a lot of that anymore,” Emerson High School Principal Sherry Kishore told the Oklahoman. “Some of the handwriting in some of these rooms is beautiful.”

7 comments:

  1. That's racist! Don't need no dang penmanship any more - so sayeth Common Core...

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  2. Very cool indeed. I was shocked to find out that cursive writing in public school has virtually ended, at least in our school district (south Texas). My daughter learned it in 2nd grade, and it hasn't been brought up again until 7th.

    Just Crazy !

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  3. The education system used to actually educate kids to thrive in the real world.

    Remember when Obama said he did not do cursive? Well, there you go!

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    1. Remember when Obama said he did not do cursive? Well, there you go!

      Nope, but idiotic needless to say.

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    2. Yes, he actually said that in one of his off the cuff comments. Yes, idiotic, indeed.

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