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LastDemocratInSC

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2. I'm sorry to say that many students in many classrooms at my junior high school

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Nov 21, 2023, 10:49 AM

Nov 2023

cheered when the news was announced over the PA system. That shocked me as much as the news did. When the racket began a few students in my class started looking around and getting restless but our teacher stopped that by slapping a long metal ruler across her desk.

This was in upstate South Carolina.

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On this day, Thursday, November 21, 1963, it's wheels up for JFK and Jackie on their way to Texas. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 OP

I, like many here, was too young to really "know" what was going on, but the emotion left hlthe2b Nov 2023 #1

I'm sorry to say that many students in many classrooms at my junior high school LastDemocratInSC Nov 2023 #2