: "Home schooling in the 50’s and 60’s
Most of the generation of 60+ years were HOME SCHOOLED in many ways. See below - in our parents own words!
1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."
2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."
3. My father taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
4. My father taught me LOGIC.
"Because I said so, that's why."
5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."
6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."
7. My father taught me IRONY.
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."
8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."
9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
"Just you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"
10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."
11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
" This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."
12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
'If I told you once, I've told you a million times, don't exaggerate!"
13. My father taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."
14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
"Stop acting like your father!"
15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."
16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait until we get home."
17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it from your father when you get home!"
18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
'If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way."
19. My mother taught me ESP.
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"
20. My father taught me HUMOR.
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."
21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up"
22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
"You're just like your father."
23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
"Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"
24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand.
25. My father taught me about JUSTICE.
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!”
This most likely can only relate to the over 60 crowds because the younger ones would not believe we truly were told these "EXACT" words by our parents…And that's a fact Jack......LOL
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My Uncles taught me how not to use Tools.
Uncle Joe once cut off a finger... I was the only one home to drive him to the hospital. I was pulled over, when the officer saw the finger and blood he escorted us to the hospital and followed me home.
Uncle Billy was using a hammer while smoking, He planed the claws into his forehead. Again, I drove him the hospital. Pulled over by the same Officer. Escorted me again.
Uncle Eddy cut off his hand with a chainsaw, I drove and was escorted. This time the officer was parked outside our yard.
Uncle Glenn nail gun into his head through the mouth. I did have linence to drive farm equipment. escorted again.
Uncle Billy and me were putting up outside Christmas lights. Eddy came out plugged them in and Electricuted Billy. By now, I learned CPR and used it. This time the Officer, simply started the escort.
Uncle Glenn fell off Scapling, compound fracture of leg. By now there were two Police cars escorting me without even pulling me over.
When I got back, Uncle Joe, fell off the roof broke his Arm. I still don't know why he was up there.
Billy using a grinder, metal into the eye.
Putting Carpet down Eddy looked into the stapler, into the eye.
Joe jackhammer into his feet.
Eddy using sticks of TNT to blow apart a Tree, hearing loss, passed out on ground.
Glenn was helping with a shotgun, shot tires on neighbors tracker.
Rented Construction tools, If it could dig, dropped it into the holes on many times.
Drilled hole in hand, Torch blew up Garage and set fire to house, Wrenches brooke bolts skinned knuckes, shovels and rakes looked like three stugges.
While doing Electical Work forgetting to turn off Breakers or removing Fuses.
GrandMother would put a Penny behind Fuses.
Dump Truck, dropping the load into the River. Guess who had to be in the water to get blocks out.
Using a crane, I went accross the street to avoid falling debree from one of them hitting the side of the house or crushing a car.
One used a sander and skinned his fingers.
Bull Dozer, went through the Garage.
Stepped on a rake and hit themself in the head.
Left hammers on top of ladder, someone got hit in the head when they moved the ladder.
If one was on the roof, one of the others would move the ladder. The first Uncle would fall off the roof thinking they were using the ladder to come down.
When they were working anywhere I put on My Dad's Combat Humlet.
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