A grown-up returns to kindergarten in pursuit of learning and happiness
Remember This? #15
9Oct2008 Filed under: Remember This? Author: Melia
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About Reschool Yourself
Reschool Yourself is a year-long project in self-education and empowerment. This fall, to understand how school shaped my identity, and to reconnect with my imagination and intuition, I'm returning to my childhood classrooms week by week. In the spring, in order to become as self-sufficient as possible, I'll pursue learning opportunities in the U.S. and abroad. Throughout the year, I'll share my transformative experiences of "reschooling" through this website, in the hopes that readers of all ages will exchange their own.
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Alicia C.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
We had chance, warning, and detention. Everyone had a placard with their name on it and we were simply told: “Put your name in chance,” or “Move your name over.” I don’t remember what teachers normally said when you got a detention. There were a few classmates who were almost constantly in chance or warning and were the ones who most often got detentions. I think I was only in chance once or twice at most. I never really got in trouble until my Senior year of high school. Tens years later and I still get a knot in my stomach when I think about that. Never had detention though!