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In chapter 7 of The Smart Kid, Charleen, the school counselor is working with a handicapped student. Did you know that before a law in 1975, schools were not required to make accommodations for handicapped students? … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2016
In chapter 6 of The Smart Kid, Charleen is investigating a previous school that Matthew Janson attended. It was Altus, OK. A flash flood nearly destroyed Frazer on June 4, 1891. The residents moved to higher ground 2.5 miles (4.0 … Continue reading
In chapter six of The Smart Kid, Charleen fears that she may be the victim of the TV prank show, Candid Camera. Candid Camera was the first hidden camera show on TV. It aired in the 50s through the 70s. … Continue reading
In chapter 6 of The Smart Kid, Charleen watches a play, in 1979, that offers videotapes of the performance. The first commercial VHS recorder was offered in the US in 1977, and it sold for about $1400, which would be … Continue reading
In chapter 6 of The Smart Kid, Charleen goes to watch the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. I acted in that play in high school. I chose to include it because its in the public domain, … Continue reading
In chapter 6 of The Smart Kid, Charleen goes to watch a play at the Paramount Theater in St. Cloud, MN. There really is a theater in St. Cloud called The Paramount. Although, by 1979, the theater was used for … Continue reading
In chapter 5 of The Smart Kid, the school counselor calls a home that has an answering machine–a new experience for the counselor. Although the first commercial answering machines were sold in the 1960s, they didn’t become very popular until … Continue reading
Click here to download a .pdf of my favorite quotes from the book. They are little nuggets of wisdom that come from various characters in the book. Some aren’t so wise, they’re just fun. Make it a game. Check off … Continue reading
In Chapter 5 of The Smart Kid, the team names of the three high schools in St. Cloud are mentioned: the Tech Tigers, the Apollo Eagles, and Cathedral Crusaders. I graduated from Tech High School in 1978. (The St. Cloud … Continue reading
Bizarro is Superman’s evil opposite. He is mentioned in chapter 5 of The Smart Kid when Matthew Janson gives a boy a box of comics. Bizarro is on the cover of issue #202, published Dec. 1967. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro … Continue reading