Another Trip Back in Time with Grandma!
On Friday, we welcomed a very special grandmother all the way from Columbia, South Carolina, and she brought some fascinating pieces of school history with her!
One of the most interesting things she shared was how children received the polio vaccine on a sugar cube at school. She even brought sugar cubes so the children could see what they looked like and we got to sample a sugar cube. The kiddos could hardly believe that something as important as a vaccine was once given on a little cube of sugar!
She also brought an old wooden school desk like the one she used when she was a student. Of course, everyone wanted a turn sitting in it! It was so much fun comparing her school desk to the tables and chairs we use in our classroom today.
But the best surprise of all was learning that Grandma skipped second grade when she was a child! That meant her visit to Room 102 was actually her very first time ever being in a second-grade classroom! We were pretty excited that after all these years, she finally got to experience second grade—and we were honored that her first second-grade classroom was ours!
What a wonderful afternoon of stories, history, and making memories together. Our Grandparents Month continues to teach us that some things about school have changed a lot, but learning from one another never goes out of style!
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