On 2021-02-20 12:11 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/20/2021 11:52 AM, Graham wrote:

>> When I went to school (finished in 1963) my teachers would not discuss
>> politics. The history curriculum stopped at about 1900. This was
>> because teaching 20th century history involved politics and most of us
>> had grandparents who had been voting adults before WW1.
>>
> Growing up as a military brat in the 1960's we moved frequently.Â* Every
> school had a different curriculum.Â* Not everyone is taught the same
> thing in school.Â* It depends on the school district and where you live
> and in what grade.
>

I grew up just outside of Toronto and at the end of the first term of
Gr.9 we moved down to Niagara. A lot of the curriculum was the same, but
there were also major differences. My elementary school started teaching
French in Gr.7 but when I got to my new high school they did not start
French until Gr.9.

Another difference was in music. I had taken instrumental music at my
old school. It was not available at the nearest high school, so I had to
bus it downtown to the school where they did teach it. As it turned out,
I was so far behind my new class mates there was no way I could catch
up. I dropped music and went back to the school near home and took art
instead.