Donnie, I went to a one room school in 1953 first grade in the Appalachia area of Kentucky. I walked through the woods on a path. There was grade 1 to 7. The older ones would get coal for the stove that set in the center of the room. We would draw water from the well and we would fold paper to make a cup to drink from. We also had a outhouse. I would carry my lunch in a lard bucket, and eat it at the desk or outside when it was warm. The teacher would call us up by grade we were in and teach us our lesson. There was only 4 of us in grade 1. The other grades were small too. I have such good memories of this time. We would also have a visit from the book mobile from time to time. The old school sat at the edge of the woods, and I would walk the path in the woods home. There was no bus to ride. I would pick mountain tea berries and eat them on the way home when they were in season. I have such warm and treasured memories of this little school house. We also said the pledge of allegiance to the flag with our hand on our heart, and the Lord's Prayer. Later we moved and I went to a modern school. Thank you for the video. This warmed my heart. ❤
@donnielaws7020 t Thank you Donnie for letting me about my childhood one room schoolhouse story. I love to think back when things were soo simple and are soo treasured now. This memory is special to me. God Bless.
Oh Mr. Donnie, thanks so much for this. I am 69 years old and my 4 older brothers went to a 1 room school house in Rumbletown, Indiana. I have pictures of myself with the caption (in the white border of the pic) School Days,Rumbletown 1956-57. Back then there was not a lot of “professional” photography. So,when the photographer came to do School Pictures,they allowed parents to bring their younger kids to school to get their pictures taken. They had to pay just as the older kids did. Then we moved a few miles away and when I was old enough to go to school,there was another one room school house,The Miller School,near Oatsville, Indiana. That school still stands today. ALL of Rumbletown was destroyed by surface coal mining. Nothing remains. When I went to school,only one of my brothers went with me,the other three had joined the Marines and Air Force. These schools were from first grade through eighth grade. We learned 95% more than children do now. Because we were exposed to the lessons of each and every class. I so wish I could remember how the classes went… possibly first grade first and progressing up? We had a class,then were given work to do while the other classes proceeded. You couldn’t help but absorb the lessons of the others. There was no plumbing. There was a fresh water pump out front. 2 outhouses out back. A huge mowed yard,then a woods to play in. There was a huge coal stove in the middle of the room with steel railings around it to prevent the little ones from bumping into the stove. We brought our lunch and sat it on a shelf just inside the door. No refrigerator. I remember taking fried bologna sandwiches,fried bacon sandwiches etc… no chips. We took fruits,when they were in season. What a wonderful life ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ It should be that way again!!! I went through the 3rd grade,then they consolidated and threw us into a huge school and ruined our lives.
Wonderful memory I was born in 1964 , in 1 grade we was in a one room school, with them old chairs connected with the table, life was better then, not much stress, must have been one of the last school like that🎉
Many thanks, Donnie, for giving us a glimpse of our past. I am one of those baby boomers . The school I attended only went through the 6 grade. The older kids were bused to high school. When I was a kid, I couldn't wait to get out of school, and now I wish I could go back to them good old days, where time was simple, kids could have Bible reading and say the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. God help us to put Christian values and God first. God bless you and yours. Stay safe and blessed.
Yes I remember those days!! My grandmother was a teacher and the bus driver.. She helped so many people. I loved growing up in Mississippi. I’m from a small town called Dundee. My father was a sharecropper. People and times were different back then. I miss it! Thank you Mr Laws for sharing this.
I started to school in 1958 but not in one room i missed those days by 10 years but what we had was a desire to learn. No calculator computer or smart phone just paper and pencil a brain and a very fine teacher you have a blessed day young man
Good morning, Donnie! I LOVE this video of ole times! My dad was raised in a one room school, on a farm, and walked a country block to school. I have some of his memories on paper from his school days. And dad's family went to church and prayed too. Thank you for this! Such hard workers and true family love and togetherness! Them days of past are so special! God bless you, my friend!
What a time that was. My father grew up on a farm in East Tennessee, and my mother grew up in a coal mining town in Kentucky. Those two were thrown into this big world like two sparrows in a hurricane, but together they made it together through the trials of life for 67 years. A world that was and will never come again. Thanks for the memories Donnie. Take good care of yourself and may God watch over you and your family.😊
I'm a welsh woman, living in South Wales, UK. I found your channel a few months ago, love learning about your history, you have such a calming voice too.
@@karena2685 Millions are home schooling their kids and some are forming small groups to assist each other now. These people are doing a very important thing. Praise God for them.
Tank You, Donnie, for another wonderful video. I grew up in town, the school I went to had six classrooms. I remember saying the pledge and a prayer at the start of class. I also remember being taught to read, and my first book was Dick and Jane! Times have sure changed. It was a simpler time back then. I had great difficulty reading, and I remember a teacher who worked with me teaching me how to read. Today at 63, my nose is always in a book or newspaper. Once again, thank you for brightening my day and reminding me of my past. God bless you!
I didn't go to a one room schoolhouse but I sure do remember the Pledge of Allegiance and lunch with my little lunch box and thermos and of course recess. Thank you for the memories, Donnie!!❤
I wasn't raised in Appalachia but in the backwoods of north Florida close to the Alabama line, and your description of how rural folks lived was my life growing up as one of eleven children . We ate anything that swam, walked or crawled. We had mules until one got out one night and made it miles to the highway and got hit by a load of drunks that couldn't see a white mule on the roadside grazing. The mule left was old and I don't remember what happened to him, but the older kids still at home became the mules. Me and my sister took turns pulling and pushing the garden plow. All our clothes were homemade on an old peddle sewing machine. God took care of us because there were many times we were close to being bit by a diamond back rattler while gathering wood for the stove. Life was hard but we slept good because we were tired at bedtime.
I can remember some 65 years ago I was @4 yrs old in rural Kentucky seeing my first fire truck. I was staying with my grandma and she was living in an old one room school house. I drove by the old place about twenty five years ago and surprisingly it was still standing and I couldn't believe just how small it looked compared to when I was four. It looked like it would have been lucky to have held a dozen kids much less have desk, kids and a teacher. But I can still hear that fire truck screaming in my head. Thanks Donnie for the story 🙏
Good morning, Donnie .This video brings tears to my eyes. I remember my school days in the country surrounded by sugarcane plantation. We were taught to love and take care of our school. We didn't know graffiti was, my teacher well dressed not like nowadays so sad.. everyone was treated the same nowadays. If you say the word Jesus, they probably put in jail .I wish those days will come back 😢thanks God bless ❤❤
When I was a child we had a one room school house on the neighbors property. It was the Breitweiser school. It had been closed for 40 years and the building was in disrepair. My father told me all about going to school through the 8 grade. Enjoyed the video.
My grandmother and father taught in one room schools up until the 1960’s. Besides some of the stories they told, Jessie Stuart’s “The Threat that Runs so True” is an excellent book about public schools 100 years ago. Nice video! With all the “progress”, we’ve lost so much.
Donnie my grandpa was born in 1886 went to the Georgia stat normal school now called the University of Georgia and he taught in a one room school house. Thanks and God bless
Our schools when I was a kid used black boards. We didn't know about computers in the 50's and early 60's. In highschool we had the Electric typewriters.😊 Thanks so much for all of these wonderful history lessons Donnie! Love to listen to you and see all the pictures of the past. God bless ❤🙏🇺🇸
My grandfather used to bring his 12 gauge to school so he could check his traps on the way home, so his teacher made him put it in the corner of the room until school was over. Can you imagine people being that responsible today? I can’t… God bless you guys, one & all! 🙏🏻
Oh Donnie! I remember when I was little I went to a two-story one room schoolhouse. We had the old-fashioned connecting desks and I remember I was always so nervous when I went to school because I was just afraid I would do something wrong. And like you said, going to the blackboard, I would’ve rather take a whip and I think. I had a voice behind me that always wanted to pull my pigtails and he threatened to put them in the ink well but I don’t even think we had in that time so finally my teacher moved him somewhere else. I’m afraid in this day and age the Pledge of Allegiance, the Lords prayer, the dedication of the teachers and everything has just gone down the tubes. We need to bring back that old-fashioned stuff because I think it would do much better for our children our teachers and our homes I remember standing reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. With my hand over my heart and I really meant every word I said. The same with the Lords prayer.thank you Donnie for sharing this memories from the past. God bless you and have a good day.!!! ✝️😊🙏
@ You are very welcome, Donnie I think you for sharing these videos of the times past so that they will not be forgotten and so that the children of the future will see how we lived and what we went through and survived. Blessings always my friend.!! ✝️😊🙏
Just to be more connected with nature and the natural world would make a tremendous change. For me, I had grandparents from the depression days, with their parents who lived on a farm. I had a mix of both semi-country and suburban life. I didn't really like school too much, although at that time we had good teachers, some older women who were probably born in the early 1900's. The world is going through major changes to try to get humanity up to a higher level of awareness. I think much of the old ways are outmoded a little, but in other ways I wouldnt mind being closer to nature and working physically more. Today's people are becoming savage and anti-human. I see it as I examine things and try to draw closer to the Divine. I sometimes wish I had lived in those old times, but it is what it is.
I never had the opportunity to go to a one-room school, but they are interesting to me, Donnie. My school was a red brick building with hissing radiators. God bless you, my friend.🙏❤️
this is david and janette from tasmania hi donnie those was the days people didnt have much but they was still happy they never complained but still survived alot has changed sometimes i think modern devises have split familys perents dont talk to kids kids are to bissy to do chores becouse of phones lap tops or just to interested in other things i am 60 we had no tv till 1975 i was cuting fire wood at the age of 11 and milking twelve cows by hand before school started kid today say they have it hard you didnot here of depresion back then or ptsd or anxiety but it was never herd of you could go shoping and leave your house unlocked but not now some things in life are good but so manypeople are unhappy now if modern times are geting to bad i would rather live inthe good old days least we was fed loved and we had each other didnt mater if we was poor we were happy😄👍👍ps god bless you and all the kin folk love and prayers to all and the fur babbies 🐺🦊🦝🐱🦌🐭🦫🐿🐇🦃🦨🦉
Such an amazing video Mr Laws. I remember the pledge of allegance and i remember some people had to take that little white pill call floride or something. But back in those days in one room school houses they actually got a good education to. Such a shame that things like this are disappearing makes me sad. God Bless my friend
"Good old Golden Rule days"! Thank you so much for sharing this, cousin Donnie. It brought back some precious memories! So much of what has been lost from those days should be brought back, dear cousin. I wish you and yours Shabbat Shalom, cousin Donnie, and may G-d richly bless all of y'all! Please pray Psalm 122:6.
Great video. I went to school in the late 70s & 80s, so I missed the time period of the one room schoolhouse. I know we have madeany medical & technological advancements, but to be honest, I wish I could go back to that time. Yes, times were hard, but back in the days of the 1 room school, our country had better morals. Neighbor helped neighbor, people helped strangers, the vast majority of people went to church and lived like true Christians. I wish it were like that now!
I was in school in the 60s. We said Our pledge to allegiance to the flag also. Your right, morally our country was better back then. I'm sickened by the news we hear these days, but if we as individuals keep our standards and morals, we will check out of earths motel and go home to where we belong. GOD bless
That was a long time ago , but yes I do remember the one room school house. Those wood stoves would be going all day. Our wonderful teacher would sometimes give us hot soup, to help keep us warm , that she would put on the stove to have it ready by lunch time. they were the good old days. Thanks for sharing this Donnie , it filled my heart with fond memories. Your friend, Louise
That's where I started school. One room school house in Southeast Missouri, first through eighth grade no kindergarten. The best school I ever went to. And you learned a whole lot more by listening to the lessons of the class ahead of you The town is gone now. No longer there, but my school house still stands. God bless my friend
this video is excellent and has brought back so many memories to my husband, of his years in a one room school. the coal stove, and outhouse. And the oil floors, he said they would oil the floors and put it on their brogans to soften them up. oen year they had a teacher that let them go down to the creek not far from the school.! he finished all 5 grades and has so many fond memories. the teacher taught grades 1-5 every day, which must have been quite an undertaking. we greatly appreciaate you for putting this video as well as the others on for us to enjoy
Thank you for another wonderful history video. I love it. I sometimes wish I was still in school times were simple back then. God bless you Donnie and your family.
Thank you for sharing Donnie. While I never went to a one room school house, I knew many that did and remember them them telling me about it. Many of those people are now gone and the kids today don't have anyone to tell them about it.
Good Morning Mr. Donnie thank you for sharing this. I love hearing about the history back in those days of how things used to be. Most people wouldn't know what in the world to do if it ever went back to being like that again they might appreciate things a little more. Great video Mr. Donnie and I hope you have a blessed day ❤️
Good morning Donnie…I pray you are doing well 🙏🏻….Thank you for sharing another wonderful video ….Thanks for taking the time and hard work you put into bringing us these videos❤️❤️👍….Continued Prayers for your viewers and all affected by the hurricane 🙏🏻❤️….Take care…God Bless & Lord willing I will see you next time 🙏🏻❤️💯☦️🇮🇱
Good morning friend, I pray this day find you and family doing well. Thanks for another great reflection of our past.The Lord have brought us a long ways from where we come from! Blessings 🙏
love seeing the historic pictures and here you tell of the yesteryears! I hated doing math on the chalk board in front of everyone too! i remember Dick and Jane books and Spot the dog too! Thanks Donnie!
Such a neat video Donnie....i went to a class room by grade but they were alot smaller class size than now....and i walked further which each school until i got my first old car running..then i piled my friends in lol... ...my Grandpa and my Daddy went to a one room schoolhouse and i so do remember their stories... Thank you for the video Brother.
Love hearing stories from old timers. I mean that with respect. More people should share stories. Mr. Donnie just has a voice that makes you want to listen. Thank you for sharing.
I've seen this video multiple times. I think the old schools are just beautiful The character AND The craftsmanship ,was incredible. Built with hand tools. THANKS FOR THIS JEWEL, OF A VIDEO. DONNIE LAWS.
Thanks for the memories, Donnie. We remodeled the old one room schoolhouse on Dad's land so the old school marm had a place to live when the school and her job closed. I will never forget the heat of that pot bellied stove on a cold, snowy day. Pure heaven!
I restored one of those old desk several years ago. My brother-in-law found it on side of the road, and asked me if I wanted it. "YESSSSS," I said !! It is beautiful now, and a great conversation piece for our den. People always ask about it NOT knowing what it is. I just laugh and ask them to figure it out. After a few minutes, they give up and I get to explain it. And every time they ask, "but the desk is behind the seat ":!!!! Wish I had one more, but then, that would be NO fun..... Love your videos.
These old videos remind me of my great grandmother born 1886 and lived to be 97..she was a dang good cook as I remember many Thanksgivings at her house
I remember visiting my cousin they went to a country school I got to go as a guest good memories I wish you would write a book your stories are so good I love to listen to you GOD bless
Donnie, I went to a one room school in 1953 first grade in the Appalachia area of Kentucky. I walked through the woods on a path. There was grade 1 to 7. The older ones would get coal for the stove that set in the center of the room. We would draw water from the well and we would fold paper to make a cup to drink from. We also had a outhouse. I would carry my lunch in a lard bucket, and eat it at the desk or outside when it was warm. The teacher would call us up by grade we were in and teach us our lesson. There was only 4 of us in grade 1. The other grades were small too. I have such good memories of this time. We would also have a visit from the book mobile from time to time. The old school sat at the edge of the woods, and I would walk the path in the woods home. There was no bus to ride. I would pick mountain tea berries and eat them on the way home when they were in season. I have such warm and treasured memories of this little school house. We also said the pledge of allegiance to the flag with our hand on our heart, and the Lord's Prayer. Later we moved and I went to a modern school. Thank you for the video. This warmed my heart. ❤
Thanks for sharing your wonderful memories! 🙏 God bless you 🙏
Your very welcome, friend!
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Thank you Donnie for letting me about my childhood one room schoolhouse story. I love to think back when things were soo simple and are soo treasured now. This memory is special to me. God Bless.
@@jillakison3638 Thank you for sharing Jill. Tell all the young ones in your family circle about your experiences. They are invaluable.
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Thank you so much for your kind words.
When you are little you don't feel the hard times.
Oh Mr. Donnie, thanks so much for this.
I am 69 years old and my 4 older brothers went to a 1 room school house in Rumbletown, Indiana. I have pictures of myself with the caption (in the white border of the pic) School Days,Rumbletown 1956-57.
Back then there was not a lot of “professional” photography. So,when the photographer came to do School Pictures,they allowed parents to bring their younger kids to school to get their pictures taken.
They had to pay just as the older kids did.
Then we moved a few miles away and when I was old enough to go to school,there was another one room school house,The Miller School,near Oatsville, Indiana.
That school still stands today.
ALL of Rumbletown was destroyed by surface coal mining. Nothing remains.
When I went to school,only one of my brothers went with me,the other three had joined the Marines and Air Force.
These schools were from first grade through eighth grade.
We learned 95% more than children do now. Because we were exposed to the lessons of each and every class.
I so wish I could remember how the classes went… possibly first grade first and progressing up? We had a class,then were given work to do while the other classes proceeded. You couldn’t help but absorb the lessons of the others.
There was no plumbing. There was a fresh water pump out front. 2 outhouses out back. A huge mowed yard,then a woods to play in.
There was a huge coal stove in the middle of the room with steel railings around it to prevent the little ones from bumping into the stove.
We brought our lunch and sat it on a shelf just inside the door. No refrigerator. I remember taking fried bologna sandwiches,fried bacon sandwiches etc… no chips. We took fruits,when they were in season.
What a wonderful life ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
It should be that way again!!!
I went through the 3rd grade,then they consolidated and threw us into a huge school and ruined our lives.
Thanks for sharing these wonderful memories from your school days! 🙏
Love our Appalachian heritage. God bless America.
Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing. God bless you 🙏
64 Years Since My School Days . GOD BLESS YOU
Thank you friend for sharing. God bless you 🙏
Wonderful memory
I was born in 1964 , in 1 grade we was in a one room school, with them old chairs connected with the table, life was better then, not much stress, must have been one of the last school like that🎉
Many thanks, Donnie, for giving us a glimpse of our past. I am one of those baby boomers . The school I attended only went through the 6 grade. The older kids were bused to high school. When I was a kid, I couldn't wait to get out of school, and now I wish I could go back to them good old days, where time was simple, kids could have Bible reading and say the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. God help us to put Christian values and God first.
God bless you and yours. Stay safe and blessed.
Thanks for sharing these precious memories with us my friend.
Great story. My grandparents went to one room schools.
Thank you so much for keeping history alive. I grew up like this and the life skills we were taught made us the adults we are today ❤
Your very welcome my friend. God bless you 🙏
@ I still have my Dick and Jane books♥️
Yes I remember those days!! My grandmother was a teacher and the bus driver.. She helped so many people. I loved growing up in Mississippi. I’m from a small town called Dundee. My father was a sharecropper. People and times were different back then. I miss it! Thank you Mr Laws for sharing this.
I started to school in 1958 but not in one room i missed those days by 10 years but what we had was a desire to learn. No calculator computer or smart phone just paper and pencil a brain and a very fine teacher you have a blessed day young man
Thank you friend for sharing this. God bless you 🙏
Good morning, Donnie!
I LOVE this video of ole times! My dad was raised in a one room school, on a farm, and walked a country block to school. I have some of his memories on paper from his school days. And dad's family went to church and prayed too. Thank you for this! Such hard workers and true family love and togetherness! Them days of past are so special! God bless you, my friend!
Thank you for sharing these precious memories with us my friend. God bless you 🙏
Wonderful video of the simple times. I wish things today were so simple. Have a beautiful day ❤
Amen my friend. God bless you 🙏
What a time that was. My father grew up on a farm in East Tennessee, and my mother grew up in a coal mining town in Kentucky. Those two were thrown into this big world like two sparrows in a hurricane, but together they made it together through the trials of life for 67 years. A world that was and will never come again. Thanks for the memories Donnie. Take good care of yourself and may God watch over you and your family.😊
Thanks for sharing your parents' story with us! 🙏
I'm a welsh woman, living in South Wales, UK. I found your channel a few months ago, love learning about your history, you have such a calming voice too.
Awesome my friend. Thank you so much. God bless you.
We need one room school houses now! Maybe we would appreciate & respect each other and life!
@@karena2685 Millions are home schooling their kids and some are forming small groups to assist each other now. These people are doing a very important thing. Praise God for them.
Those were the Good Old Days, Donnie! Thanks!
Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.
Tank You, Donnie, for another wonderful video. I grew up in town, the school I went to had six classrooms. I remember saying the pledge and a prayer at the start of class. I also remember being taught to read, and my first book was Dick and Jane! Times have sure changed. It was a simpler time back then. I had great difficulty reading, and I remember a teacher who worked with me teaching me how to read. Today at 63, my nose is always in a book or newspaper. Once again, thank you for brightening my day and reminding me of my past. God bless you!
Thanks for sharing those precious memories with us, my friend. 🙏 God bless you 🙏
All these videos showing how things were are a treasure.
I'm glad you enjoyed them, my friend! 🙏
Just love your videos, beautiful narration and your love for the old timey ways. You are the keeper of the fire. Thank you and God bless you.
God bless you my friend. You're very welcome 🙏
Love the story, brings back memories of my childhood school days. ❤
I didn't go to a one room schoolhouse but I sure do remember the Pledge of Allegiance and lunch with my little lunch box and thermos and of course recess.
Thank you for the memories, Donnie!!❤
Thank you so much for sharing those memories! God bless you 🙏
I wasn't raised in Appalachia but in the backwoods of north Florida close to the Alabama line, and your description of how rural folks lived was my life growing up as one of eleven children . We ate anything that swam, walked or crawled. We had mules until one got out one night and made it miles to the highway and got hit by a load of drunks that couldn't see a white mule on the roadside grazing. The mule left was old and I don't remember what happened to him, but the older kids still at home became the mules. Me and my sister took turns pulling and pushing the garden plow. All our clothes were homemade on an old peddle sewing machine. God took care of us because there were many times we were close to being bit by a diamond back rattler while gathering wood for the stove. Life was hard but we slept good because we were tired at bedtime.
Thanks for sharing your story of life in the backwoods of Florida!
I love the history videos. They take me back in time.
Awesome my friend.
Donnie I love these old memories' thank you for sharing with us and God bless you all.
Thank you so much for sharing those memories! God bless you 🙏
Thank you Mr Donnie, for sharing these priceless stories with us. I appreciate you. Love from New Orleans 🥰✨
Thank you so much my friend 🙏 God bless you.
I can remember some 65 years ago I was @4 yrs old in rural Kentucky seeing my first fire truck. I was staying with my grandma and she was living in an old one room school house. I drove by the old place about twenty five years ago and surprisingly it was still standing and I couldn't believe just how small it looked compared to when I was four. It looked like it would have been lucky to have held a dozen kids much less have desk, kids and a teacher. But I can still hear that fire truck screaming in my head.
Thanks Donnie for the story 🙏
Thank you so much for sharing that memory with us! 🙏 God bless you 🙏
Morning Donnie, thanks for sharing this great story of the past. Hope you have a great weekend
You're very welcome! God bless you.
Gm. Mr. Donnie. I love hearing about the past times. To me it was better despite hard times.
Awesome my friend. God bless you 🙏
I remember visiting a Amish school for a field trip back in elementary school which was set up like these in the videos ,
Also Hey Donnie 👋 😊
Thank you friend for sharing. I've been to some old schoolhouses like these too, but never an Amish one. Awesome!
Good morning, Donnie .This video brings tears to my eyes. I remember my school days in the country surrounded by sugarcane plantation. We were taught to love and take care of our school. We didn't know graffiti was, my teacher well dressed not like nowadays so sad.. everyone was treated the same nowadays. If you say the word Jesus, they probably put in jail .I wish those days will come back 😢thanks God bless ❤❤
Good morning my friend. Those were truly different times, my friend. 🙏 God bless you 🙏
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Loved this story. ❤
When I was a child we had a one room school house on the neighbors property. It was the Breitweiser school. It had been closed for 40 years and the building was in disrepair. My father told me all about going to school through the 8 grade. Enjoyed the video.
Thank you so much for sharing this memory with us! 🙏 God bless you 🙏
Good morning Mr Donnie enjoyed your video I hope you and your family have a wonderful weekend..
Thank you my friend. I hope you have a wonderful weekend too! 🙏
Thank you my friend. I hope you have a wonderful weekend too! 🙏
My grandmother and father taught in one room schools up until the 1960’s. Besides some of the stories they told, Jessie Stuart’s “The Threat that Runs so True” is an excellent book about public schools 100 years ago.
Nice video! With all the “progress”, we’ve lost so much.
Thanks for sharing this my friend my friend ❤️
The thread...Tipper at Celebrating Appalachia has been reading this book. Check it out!
Donnie my grandpa was born in 1886 went to the Georgia stat normal school now called the University of Georgia and he taught in a one room school house. Thanks and God bless
Our schools when I was a kid used black boards. We didn't know about computers in the 50's and early 60's. In highschool we had the Electric typewriters.😊 Thanks so much for all of these wonderful history lessons Donnie! Love to listen to you and see all the pictures of the past. God bless ❤🙏🇺🇸
Thank you for sharing those memories from your school days! 🙏
Best thing on my tv tonight as always Donnie!!!!
Appreciate that my friend. 😊
Absolutely Donnie WHAT OUR PEOPLE WENT THROUGH HOW HARD OUR STRUGGLES WERE god bless ya Donnie keep up the great videos
Thank you friend for sharing this 😊
Good morning sir 🌞 have a wonderful day 🌞 God bless you and thanks for the video.
Good morning my friend. You're very welcome friend. God bless you 🙏
Thanks for the history story Mr. Donnie. God bless you!
You're very welcome! God bless you 🙏
My grandfather used to bring his 12 gauge to school so he could check his traps on the way home, so his teacher made him put it in the corner of the room until school was over. Can you imagine people being that responsible today? I can’t… God bless you guys, one & all! 🙏🏻
WOW thanks for sharing this my friend.
Love old school rooms old school houses I think of little house on the prairie thanks for sharing this Appalachia history
You're very welcome, thank you for watching! 🙏
Thanks very much your welcome love watching 🙏
Oh Donnie! I remember when I was little I went to a two-story one room schoolhouse. We had the old-fashioned connecting desks and I remember I was always so nervous when I went to school because I was just afraid I would do something wrong. And like you said, going to the blackboard, I would’ve rather take a whip and I think. I had a voice behind me that always wanted to pull my pigtails and he threatened to put them in the ink well but I don’t even think we had in that time so finally my teacher moved him somewhere else. I’m afraid in this day and age the Pledge of Allegiance, the Lords prayer, the dedication of the teachers and everything has just gone down the tubes. We need to bring back that old-fashioned stuff because I think it would do much better for our children our teachers and our homes I remember standing reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. With my hand over my heart and I really meant every word I said. The same with the Lords prayer.thank you Donnie for sharing this memories from the past. God bless you and have a good day.!!! ✝️😊🙏
Thank you so much for sharing your memories of those simpler times!
@ You are very welcome, Donnie I think you for sharing these videos of the times past so that they will not be forgotten and so that the children of the future will see how we lived and what we went through and survived. Blessings always my friend.!! ✝️😊🙏
Just to be more connected with nature and the natural world would make a tremendous change. For me, I had grandparents from the depression days, with their parents who lived on a farm. I had a mix of both semi-country and suburban life. I didn't really like school too much, although at that time we had good teachers, some older women who were probably born in the early 1900's. The world is going through major changes to try to get humanity up to a higher level of awareness. I think much of the old ways are outmoded a little, but in other ways I wouldnt mind being closer to nature and working physically more. Today's people are becoming savage and anti-human. I see it as I examine things and try to draw closer to the Divine. I sometimes wish I had lived in those old times, but it is what it is.
@davidm1149 wow thanks so much for sharing your memories and story my friend. God bless you 🙏
I never had the opportunity to go to a one-room school, but they are interesting to me, Donnie. My school was a red brick building with hissing radiators. God bless you, my friend.🙏❤️
Thank you so much for sharing that memory! 🙏
this is david and janette from tasmania hi donnie those was the days people didnt have much but they was still happy they never complained but still survived alot has changed sometimes i think modern devises have split familys perents dont talk to kids kids are to bissy to do chores becouse of phones lap tops or just to interested in other things i am 60 we had no tv till 1975 i was cuting fire wood at the age of 11 and milking twelve cows by hand before school started kid today say they have it hard you didnot here of depresion back then or ptsd or anxiety but it was never herd of you could go shoping and leave your house unlocked but not now some things in life are good but so manypeople are unhappy now if modern times are geting to bad i would rather live inthe good old days least we was fed loved and we had each other didnt mater if we was poor we were happy😄👍👍ps god bless you and all the kin folk love and prayers to all and the fur babbies 🐺🦊🦝🐱🦌🐭🦫🐿🐇🦃🦨🦉
Hello my friends. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you 🙏
Those were the good old days Donnie your friend Dave from Indiana
Your videos bring back such good memories. Thank you my friend. ❤
I'm so glad you enjoyed them! 😊 Thank you friend 💓
My grandmother went to a one room school house until they built a larger school. Wish she was still here to talk about it.
Thank you friend for sharing this. God bless you 🙏
Such an amazing video Mr Laws. I remember the pledge of allegance and i remember some people had to take that little white pill call floride or something. But back in those days in one room school houses they actually got a good education to. Such a shame that things like this are disappearing makes me sad. God Bless my friend
You're very welcome my friend. I agree with you, it is a shame 🙏
glad you're feeling well -thanks for the video
You're very welcome 😊 God bless you my friend 🙏
"Good old Golden Rule days"! Thank you so much for sharing this, cousin Donnie. It brought back some precious memories! So much of what has been lost from those days should be brought back, dear cousin. I wish you and yours Shabbat Shalom, cousin Donnie, and may G-d richly bless all of y'all! Please pray Psalm 122:6.
Thanks for sharing your memories! 🙏
Good morning Donnie 😊😊
Good morning my friend 😊
I too went to a one room school for my first grade. This brought back a lot of memories. Thank you Donnie. ❤ 😊
Thank you for sharing your memories. God bless you 🙏
Thanks for the memories 😊
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All of your stories are amazing! I watch and listen to them almost every night as my bedtime stories. Thank you Mr. Donnie. 😊
Thank you so much for sharing that! God bless you 🙏
Great video. I went to school in the late 70s & 80s, so I missed the time period of the one room schoolhouse. I know we have madeany medical & technological advancements, but to be honest, I wish I could go back to that time. Yes, times were hard, but back in the days of the 1 room school, our country had better morals. Neighbor helped neighbor, people helped strangers, the vast majority of people went to church and lived like true Christians. I wish it were like that now!
I know exactly what you mean my friend. God bless you 🙏
I was in school in the 60s. We said Our pledge to allegiance to the flag also. Your right, morally our country was better back then. I'm sickened by the news we hear these days, but if we as individuals keep our standards and morals, we will check out of earths motel and go home to where we belong. GOD bless
That was a long time ago , but yes I do remember the one room school house. Those wood stoves would be going all day. Our wonderful teacher would sometimes give us hot soup, to help keep us warm , that she would put on the stove to have it ready by lunch time. they were the good old days. Thanks for sharing this Donnie , it filled my heart with fond memories. Your friend, Louise
Thank you for sharing your memories, Louise. Those were good times indeed.
Thank you, Donnie, for sharing these great stories and pictures. Your stories always bring back great memories of simpler times and times past.
Thanks for watching and sharing your memories! God bless you 🙏
I enjoy these stories so much. Thank you
I'm glad you enjoy them! Your very welcome.
God bless, Donnie! 🙏🏻
Thank you friend. God bless you 🙏
I've enjoyed your videos for several years. it's just relaxing to hear your stories and your voice after a rough week. Take care and God bless.
Thank you so much my friend. Glad you enjoy them. God bless you 🙏
That's where I started school. One room school house in Southeast Missouri, first through eighth grade no kindergarten.
The best school I ever went to. And you learned a whole lot more by listening to the lessons of the class ahead of you The town is gone now. No longer there, but my school house still stands. God bless my friend
Thanks for sharing that memory with us! 🙏
this video is excellent and has brought back so many memories to my husband, of his years in a one room school. the coal stove, and outhouse. And the oil floors, he said they would oil the floors and put it on their brogans to soften them up. oen year they had a teacher that let them go down to the creek not far from the school.! he finished all 5 grades and has so many fond memories. the teacher taught grades 1-5 every day, which must have been quite an undertaking. we greatly appreciaate you for putting this video as well as the others on for us to enjoy
Thanks for sharing those wonderful memories of your husband's one-room school days!
Thank you Donnie. Great video. I remember my mom and grandma telling me their school stories including the one room class. Have a great weekend.
Thank you for watching, I hope you have a great weekend too! 🙏
Mr Donnie this is by far my favorite story i just loved it thank you for sharing 💙
Thank you so much my friend, I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😊
I remember these school houses in the rural areas in the Early 1960s of course they were done away with by the middle 60s precious memories though
Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing 😊
Thank you for another wonderful history video. I love it. I sometimes wish I was still in school times were simple back then. God bless you Donnie and your family.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on those simpler times! God bless you 🙏
If we don’t go back to these times, I’m afraid our People will be eradicated from the face of the Earth. I can’t imagine surviving Modernity.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you 🙏
@ No, Thank you!! 🙏🏻
Thank you for sharing Donnie. While I never went to a one room school house, I knew many that did and remember them them telling me about it. Many of those people are now gone and the kids today don't have anyone to tell them about it.
Your very welcome my friend. God bless you 🙏
I'm not a baby boomer, but I heard a lot about it from my Granny that raised me.
Good Morning Mr. Donnie thank you for sharing this. I love hearing about the history back in those days of how things used to be. Most people wouldn't know what in the world to do if it ever went back to being like that again they might appreciate things a little more. Great video Mr. Donnie and I hope you have a blessed day ❤️
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about how things were back then. Your very welcome my friend. God bless you 🙏
Nice story about the one room schoolhouse. Hope you have a great weekend and better week!
Take care and God bless!
Thanks for sharing, God bless you!🙏
Good morning Donnie…I pray you are doing well 🙏🏻….Thank you for sharing another wonderful video ….Thanks for taking the time and hard work you put into bringing us these videos❤️❤️👍….Continued Prayers for your viewers and all affected by the hurricane 🙏🏻❤️….Take care…God Bless & Lord willing I will see you next time 🙏🏻❤️💯☦️🇮🇱
Thank you so much my friend. 🙏 God bless you. Amen, continue prayers for all those effected.
Mr Donnie... loved this one. Very interesting to see. Thank you. 😊 God bless.
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Great one Donnie!!
Thank you friend 💓
Thanks Donnie. Remarkable
Your very welcome my friend 😊
Thank you for another awesome look back at the way life used to be. Loved seeing the diff schools too. Happy weekend Mr Donnie!!
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Enjoyed very much Thanks for you hard work God bless you and your family
Thank you for watching! God bless you 🙏
Wow, this brought back memories. Thank you.
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Good morning friend, I pray this day find you and family doing well. Thanks for another great reflection of our past.The Lord have brought us a long ways from where we come from! Blessings 🙏
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love seeing the historic pictures and here you tell of the yesteryears! I hated doing math on the chalk board in front of everyone too! i remember Dick and Jane books and Spot the dog too! Thanks Donnie!
Appreciate you watching my friend. 🙏 glad you enjoyed them. Your very welcome. God bless you 🙏
Morning don I went to 2 different one room schools in 66 miss it😊
WOW thanks for sharing this my friend ❤️
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Thanks Donnie, I really enjoyed that.
Awesome my friend!
Such a neat video Donnie....i went to a class room by grade but they were alot smaller class size than now....and i walked further which each school until i got my first old car running..then i piled my friends in lol...
...my Grandpa and my Daddy went to a one room schoolhouse and i so do remember their stories...
Thank you for the video Brother.
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Very nice, thank you for all you do for your viewers.
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I just love this channel! You have so many amazing, and interesting things to share! Have a great weekend.
Thank you so much for your kind words. God bless you🙏
Thanks bro Donnie
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@@donnielaws7020 God bless you all
Love everything about your channel. You bring back so many of my favorite memories. ❤ May God bless you and keep you. Always.❤️
Thank you so much. God bless you 🙏
Love hearing stories from old timers. I mean that with respect. More people should share stories. Mr. Donnie just has a voice that makes you want to listen. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much for watching. I appreciate you.
I've seen this video multiple times. I think the old schools are just beautiful The character AND The craftsmanship ,was incredible. Built with hand tools. THANKS FOR THIS JEWEL, OF A VIDEO. DONNIE LAWS.
I know what you mean my friend. Thank you so much for watching 🙏
Nice video 😊
Thanks for sharing this with me 😊
Thanks for sharing, Donnie, Bless weekend
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THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS MR DONNIE❤ GOD BLESS YOU ❤
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Thank you for keeping these wonderful treasues alive.
I hear you, it’s truly something special. 🙏
Thank you for always remembering time gone by Mr. Donnie. These are some beautiful memories. God bless!
Thanks for watching! God bless you 🙏
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Thanks for the memories, Donnie. We remodeled the old one room schoolhouse on Dad's land so the old school marm had a place to live when the school and her job closed. I will never forget the heat of that pot bellied stove on a cold, snowy day. Pure heaven!
That sounds like a perfect tribute to the old schoolhouse! Your very welcome my friend.
I can listen to you all day,I miss the old days,old ways,love your videos!!!!!!
Thank you so much my friend. God bless you 🙏
I restored one of those old desk several years ago. My brother-in-law found it on side of the road, and asked me if I wanted it. "YESSSSS," I said !! It is beautiful now, and a great conversation piece for our den. People always ask about it NOT knowing what it is. I just laugh and ask them to figure it out. After a few minutes, they give up and I get to explain it. And every time they ask, "but the desk is behind the seat ":!!!! Wish I had one more, but then, that would be NO fun..... Love your videos.
That's a great story! Thanks for watching my friend. 😊
These old videos remind me of my great grandmother born 1886 and lived to be 97..she was a dang good cook as I remember many Thanksgivings at her house
Thank you so much my friend for your memories. God bless you 🙏
I remember visiting my cousin they went to a country school I got to go as a guest good memories I wish you would write a book your stories are so good I love to listen to you GOD bless
WOW thanks so much for sharing your story and memories my friend. God bless you.