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@EastCoastGal wrote:

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@spumoni99 wrote:

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@EastCoastGal wrote:

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@spumoni99 wrote:

Pascal programming, I don't think I used Cobol programming either.  I guess I learned the concepts of programming but never used those two languages.

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@spumoni99 ... l had to look up both of these because l never heard of them. You learned these in high school? ( l forgot if Pezzie said high school.)

You must be a lot younger than I am. I'm 75...

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No these were college, but it didn't specifically say high school.  I'm surprised you haven't heard of Cobol?  It was used a lot when I was working, just not my job.  I did use fortran which ironically I didn't learn in college. Cobol just sticks out in my mind because my teacher was so tough and I remember spending entire weekends in the computer lab at school, my husband bringing me food because I didn't dare leave my station, someone else would take it.

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@spumoni99 ... In high school l learned typing on a manual typewriter. Didn't use a computer until the 20th year of being a secretary! I didn't go to college because l lived in a small town and the city was an hour away.

I remember my business teacher when l was a senior wanted me to go to business school but l explained to him what l just told you. He said verbatim "You're never going to get a good secretarial job unless you go to business school." When l was getting ready to leave to go to my 20-year reunion, my Dad said "If your business teacher is there...tell him who you work for."

He was at the reunion and l reminded him what he said to me and l told him I was the secretary to the second highest man in the school district... the Director of Secondary Education...and he requested me to transfer to his office because my high school reports were always perfect !! All this teacher said was "Well that's good." Raspberries to you teacher!! Told my Dad and he laughed. 

Like l said, l didn't go to college and I'm 75 so l still don't know what Pascal and Cobol programming are...even after googling them. Never even read those names anywhere. I was a Senior Stenographer in a school district so l didn't have a need to learn them.

Actually, this is the first time I've ever heard these mentioned !!

You also mentioned "Fortran"... Never heard of that either! 

l retired 20 years ago at age 55... worked 36 years. 

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I just retired this past December, I worked with mainframe computers, those languages were kind of specialized to that.  My mom was a secretary and she did stenography and short hand, I remember she went to night school to learn short hand.  I think its very possible to have a good job without college, I worked for the government and a degree was a requirement for advancing so I went back to school while working.  We tried to have kids for 9 years to have kids so I had the time.

[EastCoastGal]

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@SportyShorty07 wrote:

I learned how to do the Macarena dance in elementary school- I wish i could bring that trend back in my adult life  

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@SportyShorty07 ... I always loved doing that dance at wedding receptions! The Macarena!!

Only learned the square dance in gym class!! Why in gym class?? I don't know! 😂

[SportyShorty07]

@EastCoastGal  Yes!! Wedding macarena dancing is where its at!!  I was the queen of the macarena in my elementary school class and a few years ago I bought the original Charo "Blame it on the Macarena" Aerobics VHS exercise tape -its almost an hour ful ol the singer Charo and her friends dancing the macarena in the sidewalks and streets of Miami Florida .  I learned square dancing in elementary gym class too even though I grew up in San Francisco nowhere near any square dancing venues- I'm still hoping to use those square dancing lessons someday .  

[Pezzie]

@EastCoastGal   it's all good.  I am enjoying all the exchanges.

[EastCoastGal]

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@spumoni99 wrote:

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@EastCoastGal wrote:

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@spumoni99 wrote:

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@EastCoastGal wrote:

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@spumoni99 wrote:

Pascal programming, I don't think I used Cobol programming either.  I guess I learned the concepts of programming but never used those two languages.

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@spumoni99 ... l had to look up both of these because l never heard of them. You learned these in high school? ( l forgot if Pezzie said high school.)

You must be a lot younger than I am. I'm 75...

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No these were college, but it didn't specifically say high school.  I'm surprised you haven't heard of Cobol?  It was used a lot when I was working, just not my job.  I did use fortran which ironically I didn't learn in college. Cobol just sticks out in my mind because my teacher was so tough and I remember spending entire weekends in the computer lab at school, my husband bringing me food because I didn't dare leave my station, someone else would take it.

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@spumoni99 ... In high school l learned typing on a manual typewriter. Didn't use a computer until the 20th year of being a secretary! I didn't go to college because l lived in a small town and the city was an hour away.

I remember my business teacher when l was a senior wanted me to go to business school but l explained to him what l just told you. He said verbatim "You're never going to get a good secretarial job unless you go to business school." When l was getting ready to leave to go to my 20-year reunion, my Dad said "If your business teacher is there...tell him who you work for."

He was at the reunion and l reminded him what he said to me and l told him I was the secretary to the second highest man in the school district... the Director of Secondary Education...and he requested me to transfer to his office because my high school reports were always perfect !! All this teacher said was "Well that's good." Raspberries to you teacher!! Told my Dad and he laughed. 

Like l said, l didn't go to college and I'm 75 so l still don't know what Pascal and Cobol programming are...even after googling them. Never even read those names anywhere. I was a Senior Stenographer in a school district so l didn't have a need to learn them.

Actually, this is the first time I've ever heard these mentioned !!

You also mentioned "Fortran"... Never heard of that either! 

l retired 20 years ago at age 55... worked 36 years. 

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I just retired this past December, I worked with mainframe computers, those languages were kind of specialized to that.  My mom was a secretary and she did stenography and short hand, I remember she went to night school to learn short hand.  I think its very possible to have a good job without college, I worked for the government and a degree was a requirement for advancing so I went back to school while working.  We tried to have kids for 9 years to have kids so I had the time.

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@spumoni99 ... Yes. Your line of work was very different than mine. No wonder I never heard of those programmings! I think because I really wanted to be a secretary and took all the courses in high school, my secretarial jobs came very easy to me. I remember in shorthand we started out with a large class but only 19 of us lasted! Very Strict teacher. When we had a brief forms test we either got 100% or zero! 

Mine was a state job... New York state tier one. I was really lucky to be on that tier. I received the best benefits. 

How many years did your Mom work as a secretary?

[spumoni99]

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@EastCoastGal wrote:

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@spumoni99 wrote:

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@EastCoastGal wrote:

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@spumoni99 wrote:

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@EastCoastGal wrote:

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@spumoni99 wrote:

Pascal programming, I don't think I used Cobol programming either.  I guess I learned the concepts of programming but never used those two languages.

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@spumoni99 ... l had to look up both of these because l never heard of them. You learned these in high school? ( l forgot if Pezzie said high school.)

You must be a lot younger than I am. I'm 75...

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No these were college, but it didn't specifically say high school.  I'm surprised you haven't heard of Cobol?  It was used a lot when I was working, just not my job.  I did use fortran which ironically I didn't learn in college. Cobol just sticks out in my mind because my teacher was so tough and I remember spending entire weekends in the computer lab at school, my husband bringing me food because I didn't dare leave my station, someone else would take it.

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@spumoni99 ... In high school l learned typing on a manual typewriter. Didn't use a computer until the 20th year of being a secretary! I didn't go to college because l lived in a small town and the city was an hour away.

I remember my business teacher when l was a senior wanted me to go to business school but l explained to him what l just told you. He said verbatim "You're never going to get a good secretarial job unless you go to business school." When l was getting ready to leave to go to my 20-year reunion, my Dad said "If your business teacher is there...tell him who you work for."

He was at the reunion and l reminded him what he said to me and l told him I was the secretary to the second highest man in the school district... the Director of Secondary Education...and he requested me to transfer to his office because my high school reports were always perfect !! All this teacher said was "Well that's good." Raspberries to you teacher!! Told my Dad and he laughed. 

Like l said, l didn't go to college and I'm 75 so l still don't know what Pascal and Cobol programming are...even after googling them. Never even read those names anywhere. I was a Senior Stenographer in a school district so l didn't have a need to learn them.

Actually, this is the first time I've ever heard these mentioned !!

You also mentioned "Fortran"... Never heard of that either! 

l retired 20 years ago at age 55... worked 36 years. 

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I just retired this past December, I worked with mainframe computers, those languages were kind of specialized to that.  My mom was a secretary and she did stenography and short hand, I remember she went to night school to learn short hand.  I think its very possible to have a good job without college, I worked for the government and a degree was a requirement for advancing so I went back to school while working.  We tried to have kids for 9 years to have kids so I had the time.

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@spumoni99 ... Yes. Your line of work was very different than mine. No wonder I never heard of those programmings! I think because I really wanted to be a secretary and took all the courses in high school, my secretarial jobs came very easy to me. I remember in shorthand we started out with a large class but only 19 of us lasted! Very Strict teacher. When we had a brief forms test we either got 100% or zero! 

Mine was a state job... New York state tier one. I was really lucky to be on that tier. I received the best benefits. 

How many years did your Mom work as a secretary?

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My mom worked for the state of CA and so did I.  I think she must have worked for at least 25 to 30 years, she retired a bit early because she had really bad arthritis her entire life, she would walk on crutches to the bus stop to ride a bus downtown.  I really appreciate that now, didn't so much when I was young.  She passed away in 2019 at 71.  I retired after 37 years with the state.  My mom had rheumatic fever as a child and had rheumatoid arthritis, my dad helped out a lot with the harder physical things around the house, I started cooking dinner in sixth grade.  She never asked me I just enjoyed cooking and wanted to help out.

[Posh Poodle]

[EastCoastGal]

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@SportyShorty07 wrote:

@EastCoastGal  Yes!! Wedding macarena dancing is where its at!!  I was the queen of the macarena in my elementary school class and a few years ago I bought the original Charo "Blame it on the Macarena" Aerobics VHS exercise tape -its almost an hour of full the singer Charo and her friends  macarena dancing in the sidewalks and streets of Miami Florida .  I learned square dancing in elementary gym class too even though I grew up in San Francisco nowhere near any square dancing venues- I'm still hoping to use those square dancing lessons someday .  

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@SportyShorty07 ... How funny you said you were the "queen of the Macarena in my elementary school class..." How cute!! You must be in really good shape if you're able to do Charo's hour-long tape! No wonder Charo had such a nice figure! 

I think learning to square dance in gym class was finally a fun thing to do because we were moving around a lot. Something in gym class l finally enjoyed doing! 😊

[EastCoastGal]

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@Posh Poodle wrote:

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@Posh Poodle ... How funny!! 😂😂 Right @Pezzie ??

[sunshine45]

calculus for sure.

we did not do frogs in biology, but we did do fetal pigs and worked in pairs to do the dissections. we also mated fruit flies in the study of genetics. they were both interesting and "fun."

i also agree about some of the gym class comments......especially that darn rope. as an aside, i was not fond of showering in front of others either at that age.

sewing...... the worst part of home economics. i made a pillow, a skirt, and a sundress, but it was very frustrating for me. to this day i barely like sewing on a button that has fallen off.