Posted May 27, 2015 1:16 pm by Comments

By Ammoland

Sleeping Lion

By Major Van Harl USAF Ret

“They get naps and snacks, life was good in grade school” she advised me.
Major Van Harl USAF Ret
Major Van Harl USAF Ret

Wisconsin –-(Ammoland.com)- My then eighth grade daughter had a speech and drama class project where the teacher took some of the students to an Altus (Altus Oklahoma) grade school and had the drama students perform for the little kids.

In a later conversation with my daughter she informed me how lucky the younger children had it.

“They get naps and snacks, life was good in grade school” she advised me. I informed her it’s “heck” having to grow up.

When we first got to Altus, middle school was set up like the junior and senior high school. I don’t think she was still taking naps in fifth grade, but for sure the pace picked up dramatically in middle school. My daughter is an Air Force brat and in her young life attended school in Texas, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and did high school at Air Academy HS on the grounds of the US Air Force Academy.

My father the Navy Master Chief offered the same pattern of K-thru-12 education …read more

Source:: AmmoLand

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