Wilmington, Delaware, 1957

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[dumnuts1]

I was ten years old and going to St. Thomas school.

The nuns had over 50 kids in a class, but we learned double what kids learn now. We wore uniforms and didn't step out of line. We still had fun, but students' rights, ADHD, ODBD, ADD, using green ink to correct papers, and all the other educational nonsense had yet to be invented. So we actually learned respect, discipline, delayed gratification, algebra, poetry, grammar, spelling, history, geography, and music.

[LiberalshateAmerica]

That was great! I hope more people post old videos like this. I saw Johns auto body is still there.

[angie2son]

Zzz

[michoacano siempre]

back then it was nice now there is all these peaple who rob u and all destroyed

[duranged1s]

wilmington,ca

[jeepwanker]

it used to be a nice city but it got run over by niggaaz~kilmington :D

[sonicdragoneaternrto]

delaware was sure quite in those days LOL ;)

[7691drew]

Northside

[valstar1000]

Wilmington is pretty rundown now.

[PJBCrew]

I always had wondered what Delaware was like a long time ago

[RobNLynchburgVA]

I LOVE Wilmington DE. It's the best place in the U.S. I only lived there a short time in the late 80s but they were the best years of my life. The people of wilmington are the most genuine people I have ever encountered. I was born and raised in VA but Wilmington is the hometown I wish I could claim as mine.

[boazrg]

I went to public school in the fifties but it was the same. Classes had 35 - 40 kids, and sometimes more! We horsed around and fought and cussed on the playground and at recess, but in class, you could hear a pin drop. NO back talk! Everything in school was 'yes sir and "yes ma'm!"

Now we have millions of kids going around loaded up with high-powered prescription drugs - and for what? These kids are no different from what we were - its all so "big pharma" can make money!