School was a lot different back in the 50s & 60s. Shop class for boys, cooking & sewing for girls. Dress codes for both students & teachers. Things have changed for the better as we now have women in fields like medicine, law, engineering, etc. We're no longer limited to being a teacher, nurse, secretary, waitress or homemaker, the usual career paths for someone graduating in 1961. I was the first in my family to go to college. My grandparents only had 8th grade educations (but, boy, were they smart!), Mom & Dad graduated from high school, I got my BA, my daughters both have Master's degrees and I have a grand-daughter that I can easily see getting her doctorate. She's just starting 9th grade but has been taking high school classes or independent study for the past year.
I still love learning new things - since retirement, I've been teaching a knit & crochet class at the Senior Center, learned HTML to code my blog & genealogy site & delved into finding my ancestors; plus I love to read!! I just finished book #60 for this year and am deep into #61.
Jane
S.E. Michigan
Left TKR June 2013
Right TKR Oct 2013