Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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New Haven. School prayer was *kaput* at my school by the fifth grade, and
if memory serves, there was no "pledge" in junior high or high school. We
weren't much into desk diving, either. In fact, I remember my 7th Grade
science teacher telling us that since we lived in New Haven, where much
military armament was made, and where many machine tools were made, we
were on the prime target list anyway, and would certainly be vaporized if
a nuclear war started.

That was the year I built my cloud chamber. Still remember most of the
details of that, too.


Ah HA!

So it was your 7th grade science teacher who influenced your gloom and doom
conditioning!
I can't imagine, even today, telling a kid in the 7th grade that your ass is
grass anyway, so don't be concerned with civil defense drills.

Ever consider a lawsuit?

Eisboch




My guess is that our 7th Grade Science Teacher correctly determined for
herself that hiding under a desk to protect yourself from a hydrogen
bomb would be the height of idiocy. Where did you guys hide? Woodbridge
Country Club? :')

"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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New Haven. School prayer was *kaput* at my school by the fifth grade,
and if memory serves, there was no "pledge" in junior high or high
school. We weren't much into desk diving, either. In fact, I remember my
7th Grade science teacher telling us that since we lived in New Haven,
where much military armament was made, and where many machine tools were
made, we were on the prime target list anyway, and would certainly be
vaporized if a nuclear war started.

That was the year I built my cloud chamber. Still remember most of the
details of that, too.


Ah HA!

So it was your 7th grade science teacher who influenced your gloom and
doom conditioning!
I can't imagine, even today, telling a kid in the 7th grade that your ass
is grass anyway, so don't be concerned with civil defense drills.

Ever consider a lawsuit?

Eisboch


My guess is that our 7th Grade Science Teacher correctly determined for
herself that hiding under a desk to protect yourself from a hydrogen bomb
would be the height of idiocy. Where did you guys hide? Woodbridge Country
Club? :')


Hardly. I did all my grammar school pledging and praying in MA.

Eisboch