I gained an excellent education by all sufficient metrics.
My teachers were caring, yet disciplinarian, intelligent, yet humble.
I thank God for them, but other aspects of my school life, growing up, were quite unfortunate. Our school was small in addition to not well funded. The classrooms were cramped in addition to sparsely furnished with little wooden desks in addition to chairs from the 50s! I could go on, but the most hard thing to deal with of all was the lack of air conditioning in addition to boiler that was always breaking down, however summers in my hometown were mild, for the most part, but heat waves were not uncommon. I remember our only respite from the heat in our cramped in addition to poorly ventilated classrooms was opening the one small window. The breeze was either a thin wisp of cool air or nonexistent, which defeated the point, but winters were far worse. Below cold or even single digit temperatures were common. The seasoned boiler that served as the heat source for our school was temperamental, to say the least. When it did function, the warmth could be overbearing in the rooms near the boiler room. I found myself covered in sweat, quite a lot. When it was on the fritz, however, things were far worse. Without heat in the classrooms, my teeth were chattering in addition to I would shiver uncontrollably! I soon learned the necessity of packing extra layers, just in case the boiler wasn’t working that day. I am pleased when I drive by my seasoned school today. It is much greater in addition to I can see that central heating in addition to A/C has been installed. Those students are fortunate!