The Art of Losing Myself: Blast from the Past

Friday, May 15, 2009

Blast from the Past

Mrs. Bird's class of 1970-71 brings you:

Horrible Haiku Friday!

(Can you find me?)

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Fifth grade memory

Dressed like the Brady Bunch kids

'Cept those boys in suits

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9 Shared Thoughts:

Anonymous said...: Row: 2nd from the top
Spot: on the end, left hand side
Am I right?

BP; May 15, 2009 7:34 AM
Camille said...: Ok, you were a no-brainer, I found you before reading the anonymous post above...

Now, how's this: Dave Kaiser, Kirk Goodyear, Deanna Gloppen, Lynn Graziano, Tim Schwerzler, Carolyn Neihoff, Linda Hallier, Cathy Coffman, John Wold, Mike Cox, Brian Pangrle.

I recognize a few more, but these I'm pretty sure of!

And note: Your long hair wasn't quite as curly as it was in high school, apparently a gradual thing?
:-); May 15, 2009 11:19 AM
Ellen Stewart (aka Ellie/El) said...: Well, I'm not saying anything about anyone being right just yet.

Camille, I think you remember just as many kids as I do--and some I didn't.

John Wold? Is he the guy that looks like a politician?

I had perms later in high school (go figure), and at this point my mom was brushed my hair straight every morning...It probably would have curled.; May 15, 2009 12:35 PM
Mama said...: Yep, you were easy to spot : ) 34 kids in your class?! That's a full class! It is funny for me to think that during that year I was a sophomore in high school and we weren't nearly as conservative looking as your adorable 5th grade class. I supposed it is always that way that the high schoolers are a little more 'out there' than the elementary school kids. I noticed the lack of curl in your hair too, but the face is all you - of course!; May 15, 2009 10:15 PM
Ellen Stewart (aka Ellie/El) said...: I was shocked to see how many kids there were in my firth grade, I had no idea!

Mara, did you dress like a hippie?

Yeah, you all have me pegged. My students (if course I had to share this with them), wondered why I wasn't smiling. I had HUGE buck teeth. My lips were straining to hold them in!; May 16, 2009 5:51 AM
Deb said...: I love those old-fashioned school pictures . . . .like something out of Leave It to Beaver. Kids looked so much less sophisticated back then!; May 16, 2009 1:30 PM
Mama said...: Well, I had my big bell bottoms, long fringed vests, extremely long hair, tie-dyed clothing that I thought was beautiful, cotton hippie blouses, and definitely a huge assortment of peace earrings, necklaces, and sword-into-plowshare pin. Oh yeah, and I wore a POW-MIA bracelet for quite a long time. So if that counts as a hippie, I guess I was. Mitch tells me I was a hippie wannabe : ) I'm not sure what would make me 'real' in his eyes. We won't go into the other aspects of being a hippie, okay? I hope you're smiling; I am.; May 17, 2009 10:40 PM
Anonymous said...: 4th row from front on the left end. I wish kids, especially boys, still found school important enough to dress up. I used to have church cloths, school clothes and play clothes and I think all clothes these days are play clothes. I just think it is nice to show respect with what you wear. I know the important thing of all is being there. I still wear nicer clothes to church.

Megan; May 21, 2009 12:57 PM
Ellen Stewart (aka Ellie/El) said...: Okay, you all found me.

Fifth grade was the year I received ALL the samples from the Sears corporate buyers' stockroom. They were all size tens, and my mom's cousin was the buyer. Any sample sent from any vendor became mine. I had the coolest clothes for two seasons, and then when I became the next size up, poof, my fashionista days were over.

We always wore shorts under our dresses so we could play at recess.

I like to dress up for church, too, but I think it's the being there that matters most!; May 21, 2009 7:49 PM