Kansas Kids Were Smart as Heck!

bethk wrote:I've managed to roll a,big piece of poster board I to a cone and it is plopped on my head.....

I'm one of the class dunces for sure.....I didn't know what some of the words were.....


Thank goodness I don't have to take any more tests!

NormM wrote:School Rules    1872


1. Will fill lamps, trim wicks and clean chimneys

2. Each morning teacher will bring a bucket of water and a scuttle of coal for the days session.

3. Make your pens carefully.  You may whittle nibs to the individual taste of the pupils.

4. Men teachers may take one evening each week for courting purposes or two evenings a week if they attend church regularly

5. After 10 hours in school the teachers may spend the  remaining time reading the Bible or any other good book

6. Women teachers who marry or engage in unseemly conduct will be dismissed

7. Every teacher should lay aside for each pay day a goodly sum of his earning for the benefit during his declining years so that he will not become a burden on society

8. Any thacher who smokes, used liquor in any form, frequents pool or public halls, or gets shaved in a barber shop will give good reason to suspect his worth, intention, integrity and honesty

9. The teacher who performs his labor faithfully and without fault for five years will be given an increase of $.25 per week in his pay providing the Board of Education approves

NormM wrote:School Rules    1872

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7. Every teacher should lay aside for each pay day a goodly sum of his earning for the benefit during his declining years so that he will not become a burden on society

bethk wrote:And don't forget....any time the children were needed on the farm it was an excused absence.  And any remedial work schedule had to be worked into the daily lesson plan.  Amazing there were any volunteers to teach children.