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The children were instructed in proper manners which included standing next to their bench when called upon by the teacher and never just speaking out without permission. Morals and manners were a large part of education during the time.
We were told about 60,000 school children of all ages have toured the school. They found that learning is possible without computers, TV, AV equipment and calculators.
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These children are dressed in clothes reminiscent of the colonial era. They are dipping candles. |
The students sat on benches made of half logs with heavy tree branches to act as legs (which I routinely stumbled over every time I stood up to write with the quill pens at the back of the school opposite the fireplace. So did a lot of others). They did their lessons on slates held on their knees. |
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This was one of the most memorable of school house experiences we had, mostly because there were students in attendance. We learned that like a church, it is only a building and the people are the church and so it is also with an old school. The kids make it a school.
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