Schoolhouse

So... this is where I attended the 4th grade. I went by there today, and took a quick picture on my blackberry. My only real recollections are:

• It was an experimental format where kids decided what they wanted to learn about and then developed a learning plan for themselves, and didn't listen to any lectures from a teacher together as a group. I don't think that worked out very well, do you? Most 4th graders aren't self motivated enough for that model.
• One day a boy hit me... I told the teacher and he threw a great big dictionary at the kid. ("YOU HIT A GIRL????") Ummm.... At least he missed.
• I forgot my lunch once and had to eat half of someone's PBJ. If you don't know me in person, you don't know I can't stand to eat peanut butter. Just getting a little tiny bit on my finger if I clean up my children's plates is enough to make me gag. So that was not a good day for me.

Exciting stuff, huh?