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School (la Escuela)

Dialog
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GRANDSON - Grandma? What were schools like when you were little?

GRANDMA - Oh. They were quite different from how they are today. Your school is much bigger than mine was. I attended a one-room schoolhouse.

GRANDSON - What's that?

GRANDMA - All of the kids were in one room. All different ages and levels were in one room with one teacher.

GRANDSON - Wow! How could the teacher handle all of the different levels?

GRANDMA - I remember that my teacher depended a lot on the older kids to help with the younger ones. Actually, teaching is a good way to learn. I remember that I learned math really well when I had to teach it to the younger kids. I remember that I used to help the teacher start the fire when I got to school. We didn't have heaters back then. We would build a fire to keep the room warm.

GRANDSON - Wow! How did the teacher keep the kids from misbehaving?

GRANDMA - They were very strict back then. The teacher had a stick that she would use to spank us if we misbehaved.

GRANDSON - Ouch!!! That must have hurt!

GRANDMA - Luckily, I was a good girl. I never got spanked. We didn't have as many books as you have either. We would read from the Bible a lot.

GRANDSON - The Bible?

GRANDMA - Yes. They didn't have the laws about religion in public schools like you do today.

GRANDSON - Boy, it sounds like schools were pretty different back then.

GRANDMA - Yes, but it was kind of nice. Since it was so small, all of the students became good friends.

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Practice
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1.    schools   were     What    like     little    were    you    when    ?

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2.    fire    used    teacher    to    start    I    help    the    the     .

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3.    would    build     the    fire     to    We    keep   a     room    warm    .

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4.   have    We     books    didn't    as    you    as   have    many     .

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5.    would    Bible    We    read   a lot    from    the    .

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