I (tongue-in-cheek) blame the British for setting fire to our old White House.The three original mid-60’s buildings were classy, IMO. They were ruined when the building from the mid-80’s was built. My bro and I, along with some friends, used to hang-out at the park and visit the museum occasionally. This was back in 1966-67. So, more childhood memories are being torn down for a new building that reminds me of a highway rest stop.
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pretty much all my schools looked like this, i.e. victorian, 'great schools'-era school and civic buildings. it was a very important movement in architecture generally.SuperJail Warden wrote:
Hogwarts
We have everything we need to make our school's the envy of the world. It's a matter of willpower. And I can't totally blame adult pig people for collective punishment against the poor. I plan to send my kids to a private school.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
No wonder the idea of going to school in a magical castle caught the imaginations of some of the kids learning nouns from scratch for the 4th year in a row inside dimly-lit buildings with the drab exterior aesthetic of a department store or a strip mall. If I was in third grade, I would've felt cheated.
Hogwarts: grand, magical feast.
Public schools: reheated pizzas of dubious origin (probably discarded from local prisons), on a good day, generally looked forward to. soften with ranch before consumption to avoid constipation. avoid beady-eyed detection from the lunch ladies so you can wash it down with a second chocolate milk.
Hogwarts: priceless, hundreds-year-old library.
Public schools: *removes To Kill a Mockingbird from circulation*
Hogwarts: 10 points from Gryffindor for being late to class
Public schools: parents called away from their jobs to the principal's office because their fifth-grader said the word "butt"
Hogwarts: restrooms you could probably eat off the floor in
Public schools:
Point overmade, but whatever.
I haven't heard any weird news out of the Catholic school near where I lived. Might've enjoyed it more, maybe not. It would have been a much shorter drive, almost walking distance for a kid if the town had been less sketchy. And near a shopping mall at that. Book store(s), the movies. Rental places, two delicious bakeries on the way back home.SuperJail Warden wrote:
I have heard older teachers talk about the nuns that would hit them on the fingers with a ruler to get them in line. Usually it is brought up at the same time the teachers are talking up the great education they got received there. "Sister Mary was a bitch but she had a good system for analyzing text". So a mixed bag.
Religious schools are creepy. Catholic schools are great but I would tell my kids to not trust the priest.
