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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:32 AM Original message |
Did you learn to bow and curtsy when you were in elementary school? |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. I teach square dancing |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Promenade! |
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Onceuponalife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. No, because I grew up in the US, not England |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I grew up in the US... |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. Had to learn to curtsey in grade school, AND we had square dancing |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Kids really need PE to de-stress. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Not to mention the fact that they (actually, the ones who hold the purse strings) |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. The schools around here are more inclined to teach kids |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yeah, there are a lot of schools like that. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. A good friend of mine is a Jesuit priest... |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
67. GofG, that's also part of the reason why we homeschool. |
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JTG of the PRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. No, but I DID learn the finer points of finger painting in the 1st grade. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Sure! Check this out! |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. yep |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I never understood why girls were supposed to curtsy instead of bow. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Cleavage in the first grade--how oddly impressive. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. LOL... |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
12. hell no |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That's too bad... |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. i had to do square dancing in music class |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yes. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. We also learned to use "shall" instead of "will" |
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Turn CO Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. And "may I?" instead of "can I?". And please and thank you, too. |
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QMPMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
18. Yes, we learned that in school. Southern Indiana school. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Square dancing is probably pretty big there, too... |
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QMPMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. We had square dancing in PE class from grade 7 on. Hated every minute of it! |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
19. Remember Return of the Titans movie? |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Salute the captain, curtsy to the Queen, touch the bottom of the submarine... |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
20. we learned line dancing in gym |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I'm not sure line dancing had been invented when I was in school... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
21. No |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I was in the US too...This was 1964 |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. Nope. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Did you all bow to your partners, then? |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. probably |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. US,early to mid eighties, and yes. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Location has a lot to do with it, I think. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Location: |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. yep, US early 70s |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. What part of the US? |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. catholic school |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Ah...That explains it. |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
38. I learned how to bow and scrape. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. LOL |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Alas, the bad knee won't allow genuflecting anymore... |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
39. We had square dancing, but other than |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #39 |
54. When was this? |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. Catholic school, |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. NYC Catholic school in the 70's and 80's - nope on curtsy, yep on social dancing |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:56 AM Response to Reply #40 |
56. That's really neat! |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
42. Miss Dacy's Dance class. . (not school) |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:00 AM Response to Reply #42 |
57. Taking a dance class |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
44. Yes |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #44 |
58. We sure have... |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
45. Yep. And 6th grade square dancing was HOT!!!!!!!! |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:02 AM Response to Reply #45 |
59. I always liked it... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
47. No but I was forced to take ballet! ugh! |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:04 AM Response to Reply #47 |
60. That's a shame... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
50. Yes, we did |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:05 AM Response to Reply #50 |
61. That's neat! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
52. In fourth grade, the girls were unexpectedly rounded up |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. OMG |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:14 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Hell no! They were probably playing tetherball |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
53. Yep. Back in the day when Physical Ed. meant moving your body, not sitting on bleachers. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #53 |
64. How things change... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
55. Yeah, we learned when we did square dancing for gym n/t |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
62. Yeah, actually |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
68. yes |
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