Summer School is a good thing!
In 1969 I participated in voluntary Middle School summer school activities. Those being meteorology and astronomy.
In astronomy the class drove 70 miles to the University Planetarium and then out to lunch. One evening the class congregated at our teacher's house where his wife served us a light supper, including raspberry lemonade, and then we viewed the moon through the teacher's telescope. We also talked about the upcoming Moon landing and our excitement was at a fever pitch.
I remember the Moon walk of Neil Armstrong. It happened July 20, 1969. My family watched from our television. When Neil Armstrong took that first step and uttered those immortal words, "One small step for man, one giant step for mankind," Mom and I cried. It was too awesome to comprehend. My friend Diane called and cried, "Did you see it?! Did you see it?!" Diane was in my astronomy class too. The entire class was super-excited and almost stunned that such things were happening in our world, in our lifetime.
In 1969 I participated in voluntary Middle School summer school activities. Those being meteorology and astronomy.
In astronomy the class drove 70 miles to the University Planetarium and then out to lunch. One evening the class congregated at our teacher's house where his wife served us a light supper, including raspberry lemonade, and then we viewed the moon through the teacher's telescope. We also talked about the upcoming Moon landing and our excitement was at a fever pitch.
I remember the Moon walk of Neil Armstrong. It happened July 20, 1969. My family watched from our television. When Neil Armstrong took that first step and uttered those immortal words, "One small step for man, one giant step for mankind," Mom and I cried. It was too awesome to comprehend. My friend Diane called and cried, "Did you see it?! Did you see it?!" Diane was in my astronomy class too. The entire class was super-excited and almost stunned that such things were happening in our world, in our lifetime.
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What an event that was! Our family lived on the east Florida coast, not far from the Cape. So we got to watch the lift-offs from our front yard. Of course, it was just a white dot going up in the sky! Bet those summer classes were great fun too.
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