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"What's Your Story?" Parents, teachers, and students participated in thought provoking activity as they wrote and shared responses to questions.
CHOOSE ANY ONE (1) QUESTION AND RESPOND.
BE READY TO PAIR SHARE!
1. Can you tell me what you remember about being in 4th grade (or whatever grade your child is in)?
2. What did students wear to school? What were the hairstyles like?
3. How would you describe attitudes towards teachers? Was there much misbehavior in classes? If so, how was it handled?
4. Do you remember any groups or cliques in your school? Describe the people in the different cliques and their attitudes.
5. Tell me about the extracurricular activities at your school. Which were the most popular? Did many students participate?
6. Was it important to your parents that you get good grades? If it was what did they do to make sure you kept your grades up?
7. Did you think it was important to graduate from high school? What motivated you to stay in school or what caused you not to finish?
8. What kind of jobs was available to students who graduated from high school? Did finishing high school seem important?
9. Tell about the kinds of friends you had in school. Did any of them encourage you to get in trouble?
10. In your day, when kids got “in trouble” at school what did it mean?
11. What do you remember about the kind of work you did in class? What did you spend time doing? Do you remember anything about your English classes like what you read or what you did?
12. What kind of rules did your parents have for you on curfews, dating, and helping at home?
13. What ways do you think kids of today are different from the kids of your generation?
14. What advice would you give to teens today about getting through high school?
15. Do you remember any special events or activities at the end of the school year? How did kids celebrate the end of the school year?
16. How did you spend your summer vacations?
