Horace Mann Barnard Elementary School

There was a blacktop. A game with a ball and chalk drawn boxes. Also a grassy field. they eventually landscaped it more. I also remember we stopped being allowed to play tackle football.
On the other side of the grounds there were swings, a jungle gym, monkey bars, and a slide.
Mrs. Timmy was nice. Honestly I think I liked her because she was kind of a hottie. Mrs. Sweeney and Scarlatta were great teachers.
The principal was a very nice dude. I don’t remember his name. :(But he was compassionate when I was sent to him by Cami for sneaking into the girls locker room from the neighboring woodshop classroom after she dared me to. No one was in there and it didn’t didn’t seem like that big a deal. such a betrayal!!! I cried. Wimpy then and now. Also, my birdhouse leaked. And i lainted the ski hill shoe I made in Pottery class brown. Why would a ski hill, even one on a shoe, be brown? Huge mistake. Gross.
I had a Venezuela country assignment in 5^th grade. I remember something about lianas. I also studied George Washington Carver. I believe it was one of the first bigtime books I ever read. And I am still a big fan of Dr. Carver. People can talk smack, but he was the man. Innovation after innovation.
People lack respect for humility and problem solvers. It’s all about glory these days. But back then it was Tina Turner and we weren’t sure what love had to do with it, only that girls just wanna have fun. Benetton was in. At least for a while. Care Bears. And Mrs. Wertheimer and her frogs doled out some great assignments to create a faux historical document and also to debate a topic. I would say what I chose but it is very Un p.c. and I lost the debate. And to history. I was wrong. That was the last time.