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The Third Day Of School

In November 1980 my family moved from Lanham Maryland to McLean Virginia (on the other side of the Capital Beltway surrounding Washington D.C.). I attended James Fenimore Cooper Intermediate School for the 7TH and 8TH grades from November 1980 through June 1982. Back then we had either ‘Junior High Schools’ or ‘Intermediate Schools’ in-between ‘Elementary Schools’ and ‘Senior High Schools’. Nowadays ‘Middle Schools’ are pretty much universal.

I don’t remember much about those two years at Cooper Intermediate other than the fact that I got below average grades, and I had to attend Summer School as a result of that. I also learned Español for the first time in the 8TH grade. As it turned out it would become one of the most beneficial subjects in school for use later on in life (aqui en el Sur de Florida).

Those two years in the 7TH and 8TH grades were quite forgettable. I did not have any friends. I did not enjoy my stay.

It did not get any better in High School …

… To Be Continued …

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By Chris M. Day

I'm 58 years old. I've been online for 32 years - starting with my own dial-up bulletin board system in 1993 - and continuing with AOL, my own dot.com web site, Myspace, WordPress, Twitter / X, Flickr, and Facebook.

2 replies on “The Third Day Of School”

You have come a long way from there to here at LPC. It sounds like a different person not the one that I know now. Boy how we change over the years specially when we get to know HIM.

Love ya….

True that. The new me has an unlimited supply of loving friends that God has introduced me to over the past 19 months at Life Pointe Church. Love you too – and everyone else !

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