My favorite part of school was the
monthly assembly where all types of outside presenters would put on a show for
the students. These presenters evidently traveled a circuit. Wondering if this
is still done, checked Google and found this.
So happy to see it continues.
I attended nine different schools, some
twice, 1st grade to high school. These were rural schools, one with
just nine students. Not every school had assemblies. Some that I remember.
Patsy Montana and her husband doing trick
roping.
A man demonstrating liquid nitrogen.
Archers, including a talk on the use of
archers in the Korean War. What today would be called special ops.
A weight lifting demonstration. While of
great interest to us wrestlers, he geared his presentation to both sexes. That
was appreciated by several future Olympic skiers, this being in Ski Town USA.
A man putting on a Tesla demonstration.
There were many others. In an era when
the internet was called Encyclopedia, we students were exposed to things we
probably would never know. Isn’t that the purpose of education?
A kid one year behind me became a rocket
scientist. He built, as a junior, a three stage rocket. His senior year his
parents were able to take him to White Sands, N.M. where he was able to fly it.
It worked. While I never asked, I’m sure the assemblies had something to do
with his interests.
Surely the programs have evolved over the
years and been infected with SJW crap but I’m happy to see them continue.
