In my day ...

[olbriar]

 

[rootabaga]

I actually wonder how many here remember that actor and could name the show that still came from...

 

[olbriar]

I actually wonder how many here remember that actor and could name the show that still came from...

I'll take a guess at petticoat junction. I don't know the actors name.

 

[olbriar]

 

[olbriar]

 

[The_Chief]

Kids these days need their calculator app to do basic arithmetic. They're amazed that I can do math in my head faster than they can on their phone. I tell them that I received my public education before there was a U.S. Department of Education; that I was required to memorize the multiplication table in 2nd Grade (that's age 7, kids); and that I wasn't spoon-fed information: I was taught how to learn things on my own.

 

[BrickHouse]

Kids these days need their calculator app to do basic arithmetic. They're amazed that I can do math in my head faster than they can on their phone. I tell them that I received my public education before there was a U.S. Department of Education; that I was required to memorize the multiplication table in 2nd Grade (that's age 7, kids); and that I wasn't spoon-fed information: I was taught how to learn things on my own.

I'll agree with ya there. My generation is one of the earlier generations that were failed by the system in the manner of not being taught to think things through. We were taught how to find information but not to think. I learned that by starting to work at the age of 8. The modern US education system merely teaches the younger generations to simply regurgitate info. And firmly refuses to give any guidance about how to think through a real scenario.