Third Grade

My thrird grade year at CB Berry was relatively uneventful and there is not a whole lot that I remember, but here are a few things.

Third grade marked the start of my brother Gary and I being in the same grade. Although he passed he was having a problem with phonetics (or frenetics as one unnamed relative seriously called it) so my parents held him back to repeat third grade. Besides, he had started school early, like I had done, and that put him in the right grade for his birth date.

Mrs. Thompson was my original 3rd grade teacher. However, she was only there a month or so when she had to resign. She was pregnant. In htose days a teacher had to notify the administration immediately if she discovered she was pregnant. A pregnant teacher was simply not allowed. I guess it would somehow have damaged our minds or morals. I don't know, that's just the way it was. Mrs. Anderson took her place and was really nice.

I broad jumped 13 1/2 feet. Really! I'd start 30 or 40 feet away, run as fast as I could, and jump when I came to the lead rope. I'd land on my butt and slide for another several feet. We did the broad jump by the swing sets. After I had won our broad jump contest, Mrs. Anderson sent someone into her classroom to bring back a ruler so we could measure it. 13 1/2 feet. I know I couldn't do that know and I'm not sure I could have even done it in college.

So much for third grade.