Getting Nostalgic about Cigarette Cards...64 Years Ago!

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by daviddbreadman

This is a great piece thank you for sharing!

As an aside, is it possible to flunk the 4th grade?

Yes, that was back before everyone got the same size trophy and you had to have the parent's permission to "retain" (eduspeak for flunk) a child.

[tolstoi]

Interesting about the missing kid, I wonder if he was ever recovered? But yeah, this is really pretty neat.

[iggyman]

Originally Posted by tolstoi

Interesting about the missing kid, I wonder if he was ever recovered? But yeah, this is really pretty neat.

I searched for his name in the archives but nothing more appears. Sad story, hopefully it somehow had a happy ending and the kid lived a long life. People complain all the time how society is getting worse, but when you read this story (and others from the early part of the century), it sometimes puts some of the old attitudes and indifferences in perspective (especially towards the poor). Yes, societies morals are different today, but in any era, a certain percentage of humans have always been bad to the core.

Lovely Day...

[ethicsprof]

iggy,
thanks for bringing this one back.

best,
barry

[scooter729]

Nice story; thanks for posting. I have always loved the T-218 set and all of its various athletes, so it's nice to see so many cards from that set pictured.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

Yes, that was back before everyone got the same size trophy and you had to have the parent's permission to "retain" (eduspeak for flunk) a child.

Jeff- you are so right. We live in a fairly small and close knit community. Here is a letter I wrote to our superintendent a few days ago. Mind you, we moved here 10 yrs ago FOR the school district and still love it. The only small issue is there is almost no ethnic diversity. But we picked the area and are very, very happy where we live....(though we need to downsize but that is a whole 'nuther issue). Our superintendent is Ted Moore...and I do know him a little bit.... (all of the other scores were 88-99)

"Hi Ted
Let me reiterate a common theme among most parents. Every single thing they do is not perfect. Every one of them is not a winner all of the time. There is such a thing as losing. Most parents feel it is very important to allow our kids to do as poorly as they do, without re-taking tests over and over so they too can be a "winner". Most parents, especially us, feel losing/failing is a very important part of learning. How will they cope with it in real life if no one teaches them?

However, Lovejoy ISD doesn't seem to understand that, and if it does, it is not showing it. This score reflects that, imo...

Meeting the unique needs of the student

77%

Overall we love the school district. Please teach our kids that they can't ALWAYS be a winner. Allow them to do poorly when they do ..........well, poorly.
best regards
leon"

He and I went on to have a nice discussion about the topic.