class photo
Remember when school photos were actually group photos and not individual shots on a page? Some of you may not know this change in school photography, but when my oldest came home with her class picture I was anticipating a group shot much like the above photo from my own 1st grade class…instead, it was a page with floating heads and the school’s name printed boldly. (wow, what a long run-on sentence)
There is something I love about the school photo with the awkward postures of the kids and the confident smile of the teacher. A moment in time that can never be replaced.
Although I am no longer in contact with any of these kids, I still talk about them as if I just saw them last week. My kids were fascinated to learn about the boy that always showed his bum to the class, or the girl that pronounced “the” as “thee” and it drove me crazy, or the girl’s house I went to for a sleepover and rolled off her bunk bed on to a metal box and had the worst bruise/cut on my leg and I tried to keep quiet since it was in the middle of the night…(another run-on, yes!)
I love how I wrote all the kids names on the back of the photo. Funny thing, I could still name most of them! I also love the names…who names their kids Gary or Ray these days? or Carol? And check out our clothes!
Another dose of reality- My son will be in 1st grade next year. How can that be when I can remember my days so clearly?!
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