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ProfessorGAC

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36. Our Rule Went One Further

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 07:30 PM

Dec 9

No sneakers, like your school, but because all the classrooms had hardwood floors, our classroom shoes had to be soft soled.
Lots of guys wearing Hush Puppies! (All-boys private high school)

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What rule did you have in your school that students no longer have? Standing when answering a question. [View all] debm55 Dec 9 OP

No t-shirts jayschool2013 Dec 9 #1

Thank you jayschool2013, I remember also girls not being alowed to wear pants. debm55 Dec 9 #3

Ha! We girls around 5th grade '65 especially in NYC Winters got Feisty! "Why NOT?!!" Within a year we were allowed, all electric_blue68 Dec 11 #80

Girls were not allowed to wear pants. Diamond_Dog Dec 9 #2

See post above you. so am I. Even in the winter--no pants. debm55 Dec 9 #4

My school gave up on that rule after the 1968-69 school year. Eugene Dec 9 #20

I was in HS when the rule change. We were so happy. debm55 Dec 9 #22

My junior year in high school They allowed girls to wear pants but NO JEANS. We had to wear dressy slacks. Diamond_Dog Dec 9 #29

Thank you Diamond_Dog I remember those days. debm55 Dec 9 #48

67-68 girls wore denim under their flowing theatrical skirts in high school Brother Buzz Dec 9 #24

Remember. We called them Granny dresses. and you could wear jeans underneath. Thank you Brother Buzz for bringing back debm55 Dec 9 #25

We could wear them under our skirts when it was really cold. Also shorts under our dresses if we wanted to hang upside efhmc Dec 9 #35

Girls had to kneel on the floor and show their skirt would touch the floor. flor-de-jasmim Dec 9 #5

Yes I remember that. Thank you. debm55 Dec 9 #7

I experienced that at my all girls catholic school. kimbutgar Dec 10 #53

Woah! electric_blue68 Dec 11 #81

Skirts had to be below the knee and no patent leather shoes. BittyJenkins Dec 9 #6

Thank you Bitty Jenkins. i remember that. debm55 Dec 9 #8

You got a "G" in Ms. Watsons note pad for chewing gum. Lochloosa Dec 9 #9

Thank you lochloosa., debm55 Dec 9 #10

Sitting at your desk with your hands folded. debm55 Dec 9 #11

High school MoonlightHillFarm Dec 9 #12

Thank you very much MoonlightHillFarm. Very interesting. debm55 Dec 9 #14

A strict dresscode. redstatebluegirl Dec 9 #13

redstatebluegirl. I remember that.and asking for permission to use the restroom. When I was in the lower grades you had debm55 Dec 9 #15

Smoking was only allowed in the "smoking lounge". surrealAmerican Dec 9 #16

I remember that, My HS had a courtyard where kids could smoke. debm55 Dec 9 #17

As somene who hated the smell of smoke using the girls Lunchroom restroom in HS? Gak! electric_blue68 Dec 11 #82

Only one A per lifetime of a particular English teacher. Grr! And subsequently GRRR! GreenWave Dec 9 #18

Even if you really earned it? that is a shame. Thank you GreenWave. debm55 Dec 9 #19

One more DUer old enough to be of the "girls had to wear skirts... 3catwoman3 Dec 9 #21

Thank you 3catwoman3 and those vinyl seats on the bus were damn cold. debm55 Dec 9 #23

We stood XanaDUer2 Dec 9 #26

Thank you XanaDUer2 i so remember that. debm55 Dec 9 #47

Sit quietly at desk, raise hand and stand up to answer questions. Proper uniform with skirt below knees TommieMommy Dec 9 #27

I remember that TommieMommie. I went to Catholic grade school. And everyone sad in unison Good Morning Father_____ or debm55 Dec 9 #45

Boys: No blue jeans or tennis shoes. Had to wear slacks and dress shoes. FuzzyRabbit Dec 9 #28

Thank you FuzzyRabbit. I went to public JH and HS. We were still not allowed to wear jeans or tennis shoes. debm55 Dec 9 #46

No sneakers allowed except in Gym Class. Golden Raisin Dec 9 #30

Our Rule Went One Further ProfessorGAC Dec 9 #36

Professor GAC , I haven:t heard of Hush Puppies in years. I liked them. debm55 Dec 9 #43

thank you Golden Raisin. No jeans either until my last year in HS. Did you go to a Private School or Public school? debm55 Dec 9 #44

Public. Golden Raisin Dec 10 #50

Your jaw would have dropped at my HS. Specialized in Art & Music...we could wear within reason.... electric_blue68 Dec 11 #83

Thank you electric_blue68. That sounds very interesting. debm55 Dec 12 #88

Not a rule but Freddie Dec 9 #31

In my school girls had Home Ec and boys had Shop. Golden Raisin Dec 9 #37

True, my last year I was in HS The guys could take cooking and the girls could take auto repair--flat tires. oil , etc. debm55 Dec 9 #41

I imagine my HS was the same before I got there Xavier Breath Dec 11 #75

Thank you very much Xavier Breath. The last year of HS we had a similiar class of skills needed for everyday life. It debm55 Dec 11 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Dec 9 #42

I'm female, Freddie was a very beloved cat Freddie Dec 10 #49

Sorry, about that Freddie debm55 Dec 10 #51

I think we girls had Home Ec but not sure. I don't have memory of hating it, and I was getting into Feminist.... electric_blue68 Dec 12 #87

That we could smoke on campus Picaro Dec 9 #32

Yes, my HS had an area where the students could smoke. debm55 Dec 9 #40

We couldn't chew gum in class, not that I was really into it surfered Dec 9 #33

I never wanted to either. But if you wanted to chew gum to relax that would be annoying. debm55 Dec 9 #39

My high school was like a medium security prison CanonRay Dec 9 #34

Oh my. That's wasn't good at all. debm55 Dec 9 #38

Pregnant girls could not attend school and had a special at-home curriculum. nature-lover Dec 10 #52

Thank you. In my district they would marry, one girl I knew was a sophomore or you went to these homes for pregnant debm55 Dec 10 #62

The girl I knew had to leave school but the father got to stay and go on as usual. nature-lover Dec 10 #66

The one I personally knew left to the home. The father was a football player. debm55 Dec 10 #69

I wasn't a smoker but CA high schools had a smoking section in the quad on campus Basso8vb Dec 10 #54

I didn't smoke either but the school had a student smoking section. debm55 Dec 10 #63

One of my seventh grade teachers tried to impose that "stand while answering" rule. malthaussen Dec 10 #55

Thank you Mal, When our name was called , we stood ---Catholic school. debm55 Dec 10 #64

A girl's skirt had to touch KT2000 Dec 10 #56

Thank you KT2000, Yes , no talking in class and no passing notes. debm55 Dec 10 #65

Having to copy a page out of a dictionary of you didn't finish your work kimbutgar Dec 10 #57

Thank you kimbutgar.I remember kids having to that on the side blackboards too, I will not____________ a certain amount debm55 Dec 10 #67

Old computers so just were in limited classes mvd Dec 10 #58

Had to take typing on a Royal typewriter. No computers back then. Thank you Matt. debm55 Dec 10 #68

Me, too. I graduated from high school in 1957. My typing class taught me the keyboard early. CTyankee Dec 12 #98

Same here. Thank you CTyankee. debm55 Dec 12 #99

We had to wear socks under sandals in high school. Wicked Blue Dec 10 #59

HAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHA. Good for you Wicked Blue. debm55 Dec 10 #70

Gym suits and showers SARose Dec 10 #60

Thank you very much SARose, We had the blue one piece gym uniforms. After gym, the girls took a shower in the girls debm55 Dec 10 #61

If you mess with Mrs. Mudd... Harker Dec 10 #71

Oh no, did she get in trouble for doing that? She should have. debm55 Dec 10 #72

No, when I was a kid, corporal punishment was a daily thing. Harker Dec 11 #73

Oh my. Glad those days are over. Thank you Harker. debm55 Dec 12 #89

Not that I'm aware of. sakabatou Dec 11 #74

You are lucky. Thank you sakabatou. debm55 Dec 12 #90

A slide rule WestMichRad Dec 11 #76

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you WestMichRad. debm55 Dec 12 #91

Girls were strictly forbidden from wearing pants. We even played field hockey in little skirts as I recall. Walleye Dec 11 #77

Thank you Walleye. I remember that. debm55 Dec 12 #92

Boy's hair standards LogDog75 Dec 11 #79

That's good and thank you LogDog75, My HS never relaxed the standards. Short hair, no facial hair. debm55 Dec 12 #93

Hold the chalk so it does not screech on the chalkboard. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 12 #84

Thank you KY. I remember all three of those. debm55 Dec 12 #94

18 yr olds could excuse their own absences at my high school JoseBalow Dec 12 #85

Thank you JoseBalow. Now both boys and girls can sign themselves out for a job or appointment.I think it was 18 was debm55 Dec 12 #95

Girls had to wear dresses or skirts. Slacks for girls were not allowed wnylib Dec 12 #86

Thank you wnylib. Sorry but your grade school sounds terrible. In HS I did take drafting and the school was very obey in debm55 Dec 12 #96

My city junior high school (grades 7 through 9) had 800 students. wnylib Dec 13 #100

Thank you wnylib.Some schools are bringing back corporal punishment and some schools never did do away with it.Sad that debm55 Dec 13 #104

Girls couldnt wear slacks Figarosmom Dec 12 #97

Thank you Figarosmom. Yes, no slacks until the end of HS. We did do dodgeball in grade school and HS gym. debm55 Dec 13 #105

The girls would tear the fruit loops from the shirts of the boys. I remember Emile Dec 13 #101

I remember that . When I was in First grade a nun hung a boy in the clock room by using one of those loops from a coat debm55 Dec 13 #106

For punishment, you had to go outside and clap the erasers. dem4decades Dec 13 #102

My class had 'chores' on a rotating basis. One was going out and clapping the erasers. I liked that. then they got this debm55 Dec 13 #107

Girls had to wear dresses that came to their fingertips or longer. lark Dec 13 #103

We wore pants under our dresses. but removed them once we got in school . hahahaha I remember rolling up the skirts too debm55 Dec 13 #108