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1994 Kids and Watertown Public Schools

What it was like going to school in Watertown

Alexandra Giannelli

Oct 10, 2016

Waterbury, CT

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Were you born in 1994? Did you attend Watertown Public Schools? Get ready for a blast from the past!

1) Starting off at Griffin School and only staying there for kindergarten since it was so old it had to be shut down

2)The fact that Griffin School is now a CVS....

3)Switching to the brand new John Trumbull Primary School and being instantly blinded by the yellow pod.

4) Having "Multiage" or whatever it was but that meant switching classes with the 1st and 2nd graders (some 1st grader puked in my class)

5)Polk School and nothing too special about it except the fact that you knew about Judson School and the "other" kids from the other side of town went there

6) OH WAIT- Spaghetti Cake and Mr. Nelson-enough said.

7) Going to Hemingway for just 6th grade

8) The endless amount of goose poop on Deland Field when we had gym class outside

9) The period of time where we weren't allowed to hug at Swift Middle School or even touch one another in fear of a detention.

10) The extreme construction at Swift when there were no walls, ceilings or lights

11) 8th grade graduation being planned for outside then it rained then it got sunny again so we had to bring chairs in and out twice

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1994 Kids and Watertown Public Schools

What it was like going to school in Watertown

1) Starting off at Griffin School and only staying there for kindergarten since it was so old it had to be shut down

2)The fact that Griffin School is now a CVS....

3)Switching to the brand new John Trumbull Primary School and being instantly blinded by the yellow pod.

4) Having "Multiage" or whatever it was but that meant switching classes with the 1st and 2nd graders (some 1st grader puked in my class)

5)Polk School and nothing too special about it except the fact that you knew about Judson School and the "other" kids from the other side of town went there

6) OH WAIT- Spaghetti Cake and Mr. Nelson-enough said.

7) Going to Hemingway for just 6th grade

8) The endless amount of goose poop on Deland Field when we had gym class outside

9) The period of time where we weren't allowed to hug at Swift Middle School or even touch one another in fear of a detention.

10) The extreme construction at Swift when there were no walls, ceilings or lights

11) 8th grade graduation being planned for outside then it rained then it got sunny again so we had to bring chairs in and out twice

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You spend all day long in class and now realize you also have to spend the next few nights awake studying.

You take out your textbook and notes, but don't have the energy to actually read them.

You keep reading the same sentence over and over, but it still doesn't make sense.

You can’t focus, and your roommate suggests you go to the library.

You realize there are still over 50 pages left to read.

You reach the two-hour mark of studying and get delirious and want to give up.

You take a Netflix and snack break.

Your friends told you they were staying in with you to study, but they end up going out.

Your friends ask why you need to study instead of having fun.

Your friends send you pictures of them out having fun, but you're stuck in the library and want to run away.

You walk out of the test and realize staying in and studying was worth it because you definitely aced it.

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1. You can't control it.

2. You are not always pissed off.

3. Most of the time, you're just fine.

4. Usually, nothing is wrong.

5. Sometimes, you use it to your advantage.

6. But you actually are approachable most times.

7. Fake smiling is tough.

8. You are not actually a b***h.

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