Social Studies Fairs

In grade school, we were required to compete in these fairs. The projects were stupid because parents didn't do their kids' homework back then. There was always an igloo made out of sugar cubes. Some of the old judges were deaf, senile, or drunk. The kids dressed up to present their lame projects.

• OP is stuck in the '60s. I actually won one of those science fair deals one time in grade school. Well, I didn't really -- a kid named David did -- but I was on his team! He did all the work (or HIS dad did!)

• Social studies fairs? No. I don't remember them

• Science fairs, yes. Social Studies fairs...not so much.

• I never saw any social studies fairs, just science fairs. Other than the mentioned igloo, what other things were entered in a social studies fair?

• We had state reports, our own state reports, and UN Day. You must be Canadian.

• They still have them only now they're called Cultural Fairs.

• No, r6, now they're called Multi-Culture and Diversity Fairs.

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• If a display involved water (river, pond, etc.) blue toothpaste was used and it smelled minty.

• Do they have science fairs in Texas and Kansas? Since there is no belief in science, what do they do?

• Not a single person believes in science in those two states, R9! In fact, the laws of physics have completely evanesced there - we live only on cotton candy and dream bubbles!

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• Like the others, I've only heard of science fairs.

• I won the science fair in junior high. The chemist who lived down the street from us did a fantastic job!

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• In LA School, we had a 6th grade social studies project where we chose a country and prepared a report and a presentation of some sort of object. I did the USSR and made a model Sputnik. The reason I did the USSR was because theirs was the only embassy that answered my letter asking for information. Since it was back in The Cold War, the mailman was a bit concerned when I received a big box of data with a red star and a hammer and sickle return address tag.

• We used to have them but in my school they were called Family Affairs

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• I was the lame kid who did the baking soda volcano.

• r15 I bet you did it while your sister had her girl's club, The Boosters over, didn't you?

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• Only had science fairs as well. Made it to the regional competition in both fifth and sixth grade.

• I guess they used to be UN days but since Republicans hate the UN, they have become Social Studies fairs.

• Perhaps they have Social Studies Fairs in the special education classes in the schools for the mentally ill.

• I don't remember them being called Social Studies Fairs, but, yes, we did have them. They involved a large cardboard folded into three sections to create a sort of stage backdrop, and the cardboard would have some hand-lettered legend on it like 'MEXICO, OUR FRIEND TO THE SOUTH.' And the cardboard would be decorated with magazine cut-out pictures to drive home the point (cacti, sombreros, etc.) In the middle of the table would be a few "exotic" items, mostly gathered from the dime store or, if you were lucky, from a world-traveler grandparent or an uncle who was a veteran. And if you wanted an A, you wrote a short report, decorated the binder, and put that front and center in the display.

• I For one i made the great wall of China out of sugar cubes. I also once built a model ship for a Boston tea party entry. I also built a cornacopia representing Kansas...our nations bread basket. I had very involved parents built they never did work on my projects. Today all the parents cheat to one up eachother. I also had to care for a pet egg for a week in 7th grade.anyone else have that project? Mine broke on day 3.

• R20 and R21, your descriptions sound as if you went to school in the 1950s.

• R22, this is Datalounge. They totally did. Eldergays rule this place.

• I'm a junior eldergay (39), and even I think this shit is waaaay old. It's kind of fascinating though in a weird way.

• OP is stoned and having a flashback to his own miserable childhood.