Old Schoolwork

I've been having to go through old schoolwork from when I was in elementary school. Here are a couple of them. One is dated 1981. I don't know the date of the other one.

The Georgia one was part of a group of reports and maps that were bound together with construction paper. The title for the whole thing was, "The Southeastern States". 

Of course, it's the ones with good scores or those that were special in some way that were saved. 

They evoke a lot of feelings. Nineteen eighty-one is just two years before I entered a 27 year-long depression. I want to reach back somehow, through time, to my happy, young, innocent self, and somehow catch me, before I fall. 

Here is what my kindergarten teacher wrote about me, in 1976 (with changed name and pronouns, but nothing else): 

Jane is a thoroughly delightful little girl and everybody loves her. Indeed, Jane's smile alone, would get her wherever she wanted to go! She has grown a great deal in self-confidence this year and because her speech has improved, she is volunteering to tell the class tid-bits of news about her toys and about what is going on at home.  

Jane's Developmental Profile, which has in it the record of her progress in all skills mastered this year in readiness for first grade, show she is proficient in all areas of auditory and visual concept and perception, language development and visual-meter. Jane has excellent eye-hand coordination and she has been our "best artist". The detail she puts in her pen and ink drawings make them worthy of framing. Jane is persistent, serious about her work, and promises to be a very good student.

Jane has enjoyed the challenge of the "learning stations" and has shown great enthusiasm in completing each series. She is well-liked by the other students and they really appreciate her quiet sense of humor. I have appreciated Jane's sense of organization and her steady cooperation every day this whole year.