The heat wave sure had a big impact on Facebook this past weekend. Seems like there were a lot of people in the “I grew up in Arlington” page sharing memories of the schools that they went to, the restaurants that are no longer there, and about the stores that have been renovated and turned into different stores.
All that chatter got me to remembering the “good ol’ days” of high school. The days of the kids playing pranks by putting alarm clocks in their lockers all set to go off at the same time, the football games where I sat with my friends in the drill team and band on the cold aluminum bleachers and snuggled under a wool blanket to keep warm. Those were some fun times.
One of the things that surprised me the last time I went into the local high school for an adult education course was how the hallways were lined with so many really extra small lockers; I can’t even imagine any kid being able to put a backpack or boots or a lunch box inside them! Truth be told, they don’t even look large enough to hang a coat! I think that is a sad commentary on how over-crowded today’s schools must be, for the size of the lockers to be that small!
