This research project explores the daily life of people in middle school going into high school during the 1970's. It will show how their academic life and life outside of the academic settings are. It will generally explain what children did, but it will also focus on one specific person. Explaining his life and his point of view during this decade. People can view the interview questions here.
In the beginning of the 1970's there was a kid named B. Lima. He grew up in a two family house in the city of Malden, Massachusetts, with his father, mother, and two half brothers.
Current Picture of his old house. Source: Google
Academic Life
When he was in Junior High School, which is also known as middle school, sexism was still around. “This was the time when the girls had always taken Home Economics and the boys took wood shop…” (B Lima, personal communication , May 4, 2011).
Family traditions
During the 1970’s most family’s would have dinner all together at the dinner table, and each would most likely have their own little family tradition. "At the dinner table the children were seen but not heard" (B Lima, personal communication , May 4, 2011). No one was allowed to leave the dinner table until everyone was finished with their meal. However his friends' were allowed to hold a conversation with their families. When he grew with age and had his own family he decided to change the family tradition and have his children be apart of conversations. He thought of it as a bonding time with his family and a place to catch up on everyone's lives since he worked a nine to five shift.
Leisure Activities
For leisure activities he would hang out with his friends and go camping, fishing, and would just ride their bikes around town. He even experimented with alcohol when he was below the legal age. Disco was a hit back then, but in the area he grew up in you were considered gay (B Lima, personal communication , May 4, 2011). Punk rock was just starting to become popular with bands like Led Zeppelin, Queen, and Black Sabbath. He enjoyed a little bit of every music from disco to rock to country music. Country music was popular even in the 1970's. The top five songs from the 1970's were "Amazing Love" by Charley Pride, "You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" by Ray Price, "Hello Darlin" by Conway Twitty, "It Must be Love" by Don Williams, and the fifth most popular song during the 1970's was "What A Difference You've Made My Life" by Ronnie Milsap (Fabian S. p.2).
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