This chapter brought back a few memories while I was growing up. When I was smaller my family used to visit my grandma in Mandaree North Dakota. She lived out in the country and her house was surrounded by trees and ponds. My brothers and I would go and make forts with trees and whatever else we could find. We would try to make the biggest fort we could. We also would try to catch rabbits and prairie dogs but we would rarely have luck. I also remember going to school in high school at Bismarck High and there was a lot of students there and there were a lot of cliques. There were the jocks, nerds, gothic, skaters, and a few others. I think kids go with a group that they are most comfortable with or the group that they relate too. I hung out with the jocks because that was the group I was always around.
I could just see the boys around the camp fire singing and dancing. I remember when I was younger, my brothers and I would have our own powwow. We would hit a box for a drum and the others would dance and use clothes as outfits. It was fun times, I enjoyed reading that part.
I completely agree about the cliques part. It was so easy finding a group of people that you fit in with in school, and could laugh and joke with while having the same kinds of interests.
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ReplyDeleteI could only imagine what the students would do for fun. I'm glad that the alumni was able to share their stories about the things they enjoyed doing at the school. : )