About two year ago I started a topic on this very website about the ages of people who come to this site. Now that I'm a member of this website agiain, I would like to know about the different age ranges of people who come here, now that we have some new members now. Starting with me I'm in my early 20s and I'm happy to be back.

I was born in 1971 so I grew up in the 70's and 80's, which remain my two favorite decades.  :)

Born in '71 as well.  I feel so lucky to have been a teenager in the 80's.  Graduated in '89 and those were the best years of my life.

I was born in 1975...yikes 29 this year! :o

Born in 76 here.  I remember stuff from the late 70s, so I remember all years of the 80s.

Born in 1966
God lyk!

Born 1983...  im a youngin.

Born in 1971 also.  Class of '89 rules! ;)

That's good Dagwood since class of 84..........SUCKS!
God lyk!

Born in 1974. So I'm 30 years old. :o



Howard

I was born in...1960! I love this place and have been through a LOT here since originally joining in January of 2002....some has been bad but the good has by far dominated my time here :)

1979 for me - I just turned 25

1973  :)

I was born in...1960! I love this place and have been through a LOT here since originally joining in January of 2002....some has been bad but the good has by far dominated my time here :)




I'm glad you're here.I,myself have been here almost 3 years. ;)



Howard

1969--I turned the big three-five this spring.
:)

1988.. class of 2007 RULES!! ::) ;) ;D

1964 here. 40 is looming ! :o

1964 here. 40 is looming ! :o
Must be nice to have 40 looming and still look like your in your late 20's ;)

1959 so I'm the oldest so far :P

1959 so I'm the oldest so far :P

Don't worry; my mom was born in 1959. :)

1969.  I'll turn 35 next month  :\'(

I was born in 1975.  I just turned 29 recently.

A friend of mine and I were talking about getting older a couple of days ago, and neither of us can believe that we are now the full fledged grown ups and adults of the world.  When we were growing up in the 80s and 90s, we thought were going to be young and like kids forever.  When I hear about a 30 year old, I still think "dang that's really old".  Then I'm like, "oh wait, I guess I'm basically that age now."  A lot of the people I grew up with in school  are now in their early 30s.    ???

I remember when my parents where in their 30s....ughhh      :-[

Don't worry; my mom was born in 1959. :)


So was my dad.  Mom was born in 1958. :)

1969..turned 35 in may..feel like i'm 25 though  :D

Excuse me, but I think this topic may be in the wrong forum here. This topic doesn't seem to be about the eighties per se, nor does it cover any specific decade. So why not move it over to the "Playful Penguin Place"?

1964 here. 40 is looming ! :o



Hey Mandy,At Least you don't have to deal with thinning hair and I'm 30 years old. ;D ;)



Howard

I was born in 1975.  I just turned 29 recently.

A friend of mine and I were talking about getting older a couple of days ago, and neither of us can believe that we are now the full fledged grown ups and adults of the world.  When we were growing up in the 80s and 90s, we thought were going to be young and like kids forever.  When I hear about a 30 year old, I still think "dang that's really old".  Then I'm like, "oh wait, I guess I'm basically that age now."  A lot of the people I grew up with in school  are now in their early 30s.    ???

I remember when my parents where in their 30s....ughhh      :-[



Hey Chris,I never thought I'd be in my 30's.I never thought that.15 years ago,I was dreaming about my teens and now I'm a young man. ;D Where does the time go?  :o



Howard

i was born in 1969 so i'll be 35 in a few months. the class of 88 was great!!! one of the first records i think i bought was billy joel's "it's still rock and roll to me". talk about a timewarp when i think of that song!!!

I was born in 1976. I'll be 28 this year!

I grew up in the 80s and the nineties experienced high school, college, and childbirth!

I still can't believe I'm going into my 30's,It's disgusting already! :P ;D




Howard

I still can't believe I'm going into my 30's,It's disgusting already! :P ;D




Howard


Scary, isn't it?

Scary, isn't it?



tell me about it. :P


Howard

Honestly, I cannot remember much of the ages between 18 - 26. It was a sick blur. I met my fiance, graduated college, gave birth to our son, and became an adult. Maybe that's why I forgot!  :\'(

born in 1971. i just turned 33 on monday.

I was born in 1967. Class of '85. Happy Belated B-day sputnikcorp.

Born in 1963. Turning 41 next month

I was born in 1989, man I wish I lived more in the 80's! :\'(

6701 days old.

What's that, you say? Years? A little overly familiar, but I'll allow it. Eighteen years old. Born in 1986. Starship's Sara, and Diana Ross's Chain Reaction were atop the charts. Sara was to be replaced on Sunday 23rd by Heart's These Dreams. Chain Reaction still had some time yet..!

I was born in 1976.  My late twenties sure snuck up on me!

I am still way into all the stuff I was into as a child though (arcade games, garbage pail kids, music, etc.)

Kevin
www.krakboi.com

On the down hill slide to 40.  Though the year I was born was the 1st British invasion a great era in music.  Also I'm a charter member of Generation X.  Mom was born 9 months after grandad got back from the war, me 18 years after that.  And now us Gen Xers are old farts.

I'm also sneaking up on 40.  :o

1 9 7 6!  ::)

I was born in 1989, man I wish I lived more in the 80's! :\'(

I too wish I lived more in the 80's

I still think this topic is in the wrong forum. It doesn't have anything to do specifically with the 80's, nor does it cover any specific decade. Everyone is mentioning how old they are and when they were born; hence, it covers multiple decads. Chucky/Hair Spray, would it be possible for you to move this into, say, the "Playful Penguin Place"?

I was born in 1968 and turned 36 last January.

Thankfully, I still get carded for everything.  :)

1969
:)

I was born in 1975.  I just turned 29 recently.

A friend of mine and I were talking about getting older a couple of days ago, and neither of us can believe that we are now the full fledged grown ups and adults of the world.  When we were growing up in the 80s and 90s, we thought were going to be young and like kids forever.  When I hear about a 30 year old, I still think "dang that's really old".  Then I'm like, "oh wait, I guess I'm basically that age now."  A lot of the people I grew up with in school  are now in their early 30s.    ???

I remember when my parents where in their 30s....ughhh      :-[


I'm 34  (yikes! that's kind of hard to say)  I hear ya Chris    Still feel like a kid - can't be an adult yet.

I was born in 1972, I am 31, will be 32 on August 11. And I don't feel that old either!

I graduated in 1990. I LOVED the 80's!

Ah, ya bunch of youngsters  ;D

1961 for me  :)

Ah, ya bunch of youngsters  ;D

1961 for me  :)


FussBudget - I hear 1961 was a very good year!  :)  I bet you're still a kid  ;)

1990 - grew up in the '90s and am currently growing up in the '00s :)

Born: 1976, Class of 95, Age: 29 going on 30

Childhood: the 80's (3-13)
Coming of age: the 90's (13-23)
Prime: In the 00's! (23-33)

I was born in '77, so I didn't enter my teens until the early 90's

I was born at the tail end of 1965 - I will turn 41 in December.  Where does the time go?

1970's I went from 5 to 15 - great time to be a kid!

1980's  I went from a freshman in high school (Class of 84 does NOT suck) to a college grad.

1990's Married, started teaching and had my kids.

2000's Time to try and keep up with all that life throws at me  :)

I was born in '77, so I didn't enter my teens until the early 90's


Being born in 77, were you the class of 95 or 96?

Born in '82

'87 - '96 - Grade School

'96 - '00 - High School

'00 - '05 - College

Born in '69 http://www.microplex.no/productimages/swetpsign1/swetpsign1_small.png

'75 - '83 - Grade School

'83 - '87 - High School

'89 - '93 - College

So "grade school" includes both elementary school and middle school (aka junior high)?

Born in '66...

'71 - '78 - Elementary School

'78 - '81 - Junior High School

'81 - '84 - High School

'85 - '90 - College

I was in junior high/middle school for only two years (7th and 8th grade), and high school for four.

I was in junior high/middle school for only two years (7th and 8th grade), and high school for four.


They added 9th grade to high school the year after I entered high school...

born in 1988

kindergarten: 1992 - 1993
elementary school: 1993 - 1999
middle school: 1999 - 2002
high school: 2002 - 2006 (graduating tomorrow night!!! 8))
college: 2006 - 2010 (hopefully!)

So "grade school" includes both elementary school and middle school (aka junior high)?



We don't have separate schools in Chicago.  You went to one school for Kindergarten through 8th grade. 

They added 9th grade to high school the year after I entered high school...

Ah. In '92 they moved 6th grade to junior high and coined the term "middle school"; some high schools already had a 9th grade by then.




We don't have separate schools in Chicago.  You went to one school for Kindergarten through 8th grade. 

So I guess it works differently in different parts of the country. I wouldn't know, since I only went to school in California. Thanks for the info

So I guess it works differently in different parts of the country. I wouldn't know, since I only went to school in California. Thanks for the info



Down here in Georgia, you go to elementary school and then to middle school.  After that, it's high school.

Down here in Georgia, you go to elementary school and then to middle school.  After that, it's high school.

Makes sense...but what grades does each school level consist of? In California, middle school/junior high was grades 6-8, and high school was grades 9-12. (Prior to June 1992, they were 7-9 and 10-12, respectively.)

Makes sense...but what grades does each school level consist of? In California, middle school/junior high was grades 6-8, and high school was grades 9-12. (Prior to June 1992, they were 7-9 and 10-12, respectively.)



Elementary school is K-5, middle school is 6-8, high school is 9-12.

Elementary school is K-5, middle school is 6-8, high school is 9-12.

Which is how it's been in California since the mid-90's.

Thanks! :)


So you went to school in Chicago and it was different there?

Which is how it's been in California since the mid-90's.

Thanks! :)


So you went to school in Chicago and it was different there?



I don't know if different is the right word.  I went to one school from age 5 to age 14.  I went to another school from age 14 to age 18.  It's just the way they do things up there.

I don't know if different is the right word.  I went to one school from age 5 to age 14.  I went to another school from age 14 to age 18.  It's just the way they do things up there.

So it might be considered different in a sense.

Tomayto, tomotto.

At any rate, I went to a number of different elementary schools, finishing elementary school in 6th grade in June 1992. From '92 to '94 I was in middle school (although we still said junior high, using the terms interchangeably), and from '94 to '98 I was in high school
And for the past eight years, I've been in college! I never thought I'd still be going to school at age 26. Which reminds me...I will be that old in five weeks!

Born: 1976, Class of 95, Age: 29 going on 30

Childhood: the 80's (3-13)
Coming of age: the 90's (13-23)
Prime: In the 00's! (23-33)




basically the same for me....the only difference is that I was born in January of 1977. ;)

Born 1982

Elementary School 1987-1994

Junior High 1994-1996

High School  1996-2000

College 2001-Present  :\'(  ;D

Born in 1974 age 32

Born in 1981, starting to feel quite old!

Born in 1981, starting to feel quite old!



You're not as old as I am.  ;D

So "grade school" includes both elementary school and middle school (aka junior high)?


  Was no such thing as "Middle School" or "Junior High" where I live, only "Grade/Elementary/Grammer School" (K - 8th) and "High School" (9th - 12th).  In the early 80's the school district started with the "Middle School" thing (6th - 8th)...

High School 1988-1992

  Was no such thing as "Middle School" or "Junior High" where I live, only "Grade/Elementary/Grammer School" (K - 8th) and "High School" (9th - 12th).  In the early 80's the school district started with the "Middle School" thing (6th - 8th)...

In CA middle school started way before that. When my parents were that age, in the 60's, they were in junior high. My mom from '63 to '66, and my dad from '65 to '68.

You're not as old as I am.  ;D


It's a slippery slope from here though!

It's a slippery slope from here though!


You were born 7 years before I was. ;D

You were born 7 years before I was. ;D

That would make her born in 1967...maybe you meant 7 years after you? (I just clicked on her profile and it said she was 25...just like me.)

In CA middle school started way before that. When my parents were that age, in the 60's, they were in junior high. My mom from '63 to '66, and my dad from '65 to '68.


  I'm not talking about California in general, rather my small school district in particilar (John Swett Unified).  There was no such animal as "middle school" or "junior high" untill I was almost in high school...

  I'm not talking about California in general, rather my small school district in particilar (John Swett Unified).  There was no such animal as "middle school" or "junior high" untill I was almost in high school...

Mmm..okay. If you say so.

My parents and I all went to school in the L.A. Unified School District, so it probably differs from other districts in the state.

That would make her born in 1967...maybe you meant 7 years after you? (I just clicked on her profile and it said she was 25...just like me.)


Correct!

Correct!

On a side note...welcome back, Sugafairey! :) Haven't seen you on the boards in a while.

That would make her born in 1967...maybe you meant 7 years after you? (I just clicked on her profile and it said she was 25...just like me.)



Sorry I made a boo boo

On a side note...welcome back, Sugafairey! :) Haven't seen you on the boards in a while.


Thanks! I'm back now.

My computer got munched by my ex and I had to send it away to get de-munched, now it's lovely and shiny and working!

Hurrah!!

Thanks! I'm back now.

My computer got munched by my ex and I had to send it away to get de-munched, now it's lovely and shiny and working!

Hurrah!!


What was wrong with it?

Born in 1981, starting to feel quite old!

I'm a year older than you and I don't feel "old" yet!


Thanks! I'm back now.

My computer got munched by my ex and I had to send it away to get de-munched, now it's lovely and shiny and working!

Hurrah!!

That's good to know! Btw, thanks for the karma! :) O0

I'm a year older than you and I don't feel "old" yet!
That's good to know! Btw, thanks for the karma! :) O0


:)

I'm a year older than you and I don't feel "old" yet!
That's good to know! Btw, thanks for the karma! :) O0



Wait till you hit 32 ;D

Wait till you hit 32 ;D

For me that'll be in 2012! :)

They added 9th grade to high school the year after I entered high school...


I was the same way.  I went to Jr. High for grades 7 - 9    Then the following year they moved 9th grade up to the High School

Makes sense...but what grades does each school level consist of? In California, middle school/junior high was grades 6-8, and high school was grades 9-12. (Prior to June 1992, they were 7-9 and 10-12, respectively.)


Well, I live in California - northern - and prior to '82 the schools were K-6, 7-9 and 10-12.  Then they changed to K-8, 6-8 and 9-12.  HOWEVER. . . .  the part of the state I teach in - Central Valley - the schools are K-8 then HIgh School 9-12.  Confusing - but different districts do things different ways.

Well, I live in California - northern - and prior to '82 the schools were K-6, 7-9 and 10-12.  Then they changed to K-8, 6-8 and 9-12.  HOWEVER. . . .  the part of the state I teach in - Central Valley - the schools are K-8 then HIgh School 9-12.  Confusing - but different districts do things different ways.


When I started Junior high in 1994, we still went to school with the 9th graders. I don't think that changed until about 2-3 years later for us (Antioch School District)

For me that'll be in 2012! :)


I'll be 38

Mmm..okay. If you say so.

My parents and I all went to school in the L.A. Unified School District, so it probably differs from other districts in the state.


  Yeah, I'd say so.  District to district.  The problem with JSUSD was that the area was growing so fast the schools were having a hard time keeping up with the load.  The decision was made to reorganize the district and farm students out to the outlying schools (all still within the district).  This, I still remember, was controvercial, with angry parents and the District Superintendent being recalled over the flap.  Like I said, this didn't affect me since I was in the 6th grade at the time and the school I was attending was the former "Grade School" picked to be the "Middle School".  A Middle School it remains to this day...

When I started Junior high in 1994, we still went to school with the 9th graders. I don't think that changed until about 2-3 years later for us (Antioch School District)

So if I'd been living in your neck of the woods back then, I'd have been in Junior High for three years!

OTOH, if you'd been living in my neck of the woods twelve years ago, you would've started junior high a year earlier, in '93!

Amazing. :o

So if I'd been living in your neck of the woods back then, I'd have been in Junior High for three years!

OTOH, if you'd been living in my neck of the woods twelve years ago, you would've started junior high a year earlier, in '93!

Amazing. :o


Yeah, it's weird, isn't it? I guess not even within the same state do things stay the same. Every district has it's own way of doing things.  :)

Yeah, it's weird, isn't it? I guess not even within the same state do things stay the same. Every district has its - no apostrophe own way of doing things.  :)

Like when they start and end school. Lotsa schools are starting at the end of August, when it's still frickin' hot! What ever happened to going back to school in September...after Labor Day?

Like when they start and end school. Lotsa schools are starting at the end of August, when it's still frickin' hot! What ever happened to going back to school in September...after Labor Day?


My elem. school would start in mid- September as I remember we'd be on vacation during that time and return shortly before school began. That was the point of Labor Day weekend for a lot of school kids, it was the last "hoo-rah" before school started. Welp, seems they've ignored that tradition  ;D

Like when they start and end school. Lotsa schools are starting at the end of August, when it's still frickin' hot! What ever happened to going back to school in September...after Labor Day?


Some schools, like the one I work at, are year round.  I work 3 months then have a month off.  My months off are: July, Nov & March.  So I get to work during the hot months - thank goodness for air-conditioning. :)

Schools are also starting earlier, at least in California, because of all the new laws, like NCLB and the required "minutes" of teacher-student contact.  I guess they figure the more days we teach the smarter the kids.  ::)

Some schools, like the one I work at, are year round.  I work 3 months then have a month off.  My months off are: July, Nov & March.  So I get to work during the hot months - thank goodness for air-conditioning. :)

Schools are also starting earlier, at least in California, because of all the new laws, like NCLB and the required "minutes" of teacher-student contact.  I guess they figure the more days we teach the smarter the kids.  ::)

Oh yes, I remember the "year round" schedule, which happened in the Los Angeles Unified School District in the early 90's. We started school in mid-August, got the whole month of January off, and restarted in mid-February, right after Presidents Day. And the entire school year ran until June 30th. It only lasted for two years for "every" school, thank god. Each year, I went to winter intercession, because otherwise my winter break would be longer than the summer break!

Oh yes, I remember the "year round" schedule, which happened in the Los Angeles Unified School District in the early 90's. We started school in mid-August, got the whole month of January off, and restarted in mid-February, right after Presidents Day. And the entire school year ran until June 30th. It only lasted for two years for "every" school, thank god. Each year, I went to winter intercession, because otherwise my winter break would be longer than the summer break!


The year round schedule started when I was 12. I was SO bummed that I had to start school the day after the 4th of July. I think a good portion of schools have returned to traditional now.

about to turn quince (or 15 for all you englishers)

Like when they start and end school. Lotsa schools are starting at the end of August, when it's still frickin' hot! What ever happened to going back to school in September...after Labor Day?



Grade school, high school and college all started in the 2nd week of August and ended in the last week of May for me.

The year round schedule started when I was 12. I was SO bummed that I had to start school the day after the 4th of July. I think a good portion of schools have returned to traditional now.

Let's see...when you were 12, I was 14. By then they had already gotten rid of it in LAUSD. However, there were some overcrowded schools in the Los Angeles area at the time, so only those got the year-round schedule beginning in the mid-90's. If you had been living in L.A. when you were 9, then you would've experienced going to school for most of the summer. Cuz' they used the year-round system for ALL the L.A. Unified schools for the 1991-92 and 1992-93 fiscal years. I hated that. >:(

Let's see...when you were 12, I was 14. By then they had already gotten rid of it in LAUSD. However, there were some overcrowded schools in the Los Angeles area at the time, so only those got the year-round schedule beginning in the mid-90's. If you had been living in L.A. when you were 9, then you would've experienced going to school for most of the summer. Cuz' they used the year-round system for ALL the L.A. Unified schools for the 1991-92 and 1992-93 fiscal years. I hated that. >:(


Yeah, I think L.A. may have been a model in the decision for us to go into year round schooling. I know the idea had been floating around for a year or two, but I think it took some convincing before they decided to take that plunge. I hear ya, going to school during the summer was NOT fun. I mean, I adjusted, but not having the AC work in some of the rooms was NOT fun. This was an older school (probably built in 1960), too, and the hallways got really stuffy because it was hot out and because so many kids were traveling through them at once.

The year round schedule started when I was 12. I was SO bummed that I had to start school the day after the 4th of July. I think a good portion of schools have returned to traditional now.


The District I work for is SO weird. . .  most of the schools are traditional, but 7 of them are year-round.  It is so stupid, but if you so many of your schools on a year round schedule you get more money from the state and as we all know by now.. . . . .  schools are not about education but about money.  :(

The District I work for is SO weird. . .  most of the schools are traditional, but 7 of them are year-round.  It is so stupid, but if you so many of your schools on a year round schedule you get more money from the state and as we all know by now.. . . . .  schools are not about education but about money.  :(


It seems like the High schools in our district stayed on traditional, but the elementary schools and junior highs went on the year round, but some of them I've heard have turned back to traditional. I find that odd, too, but yes, money seems to always play a part in this stuff.

I was born in January of 1988, so my childhood was in the 90s.  My adolescence has been in the 00s, I turned 13 in 2001. Right now im kinda in a transition state from being an adolescent to being a young adult(I graduated high school a year ago).

It seems like the High schools in our district stayed on traditional, but the elementary schools and junior highs went on the year round, but some of them I've heard have turned back to traditional. I find that odd, too, but yes, money seems to always play a part in this stuff.


Yeah - our high schools are traditional.  Our district does not have junior highs.  Our schools are K-8 and then high school - 9-12.  Only some of the K-8 schools are year round - the rest traditional.  I am year-round and am stuck here with a group of students who want to be on vacation for 10 more very long days!  :P

Yeah - our high schools are traditional.  Our district does not have junior highs.  Our schools are K-8 and then high school - 9-12.  Only some of the K-8 schools are year round - the rest traditional.  I am year-round and am stuck here with a group of students who want to be on vacation for 10 more very long days!   :P

Different strokes for different folks.

I have stated that most schools (esp. the public ones) have junior highs. However...many of the private schools in my area treat the junior high grades as elementary, going from K to 8. I went to one such school through the 2nd grade, so I sorta knew what it was like. In the 3rd grade, I also attended a private school, but they only went through 6th. I began going to public schools in 4th grade.

Different strokes for different folks.

I have stated that most schools (esp. the public ones) have junior highs. However...many of the private schools in my area treat the junior high grades as elementary, going from K to 8. I went to one such school through the 2nd grade, so I sorta knew what it was like. In the 3rd grade, I also attended a private school, but they only went through 6th. I began going to public schools in 4th grade.


I went to a private school which was preschool through grade 12, talk about a wide range. I was even friends with the highschoolers - it was like one big family.  ;D

Born 1971

Schools around here are normal I guess you could say.
Elementary is K-5
Middle 6-8
High 9-12

Not year round though. They start school here in the 2nd week of August and go till the 2nd last week of May.
Longer days too. I believe it to be because of money and haveing to run the AC. 100-110F in June is pretty sick and those kids would eb roasting or the electric bills would be sky high!!

I went to a private school which was preschool through grade 12, talk about a wide range. I was even friends with the highschoolers - it was like one big family.  ;D



I went to private school as well for K-12, although they were two separate schools.

Born 1971

Schools around here are normal I guess you could say.
Elementary is K-5
Middle 5-8
High 9-12

Not year round though. They start school here in the 2nd week of August and go till the 2nd last week of May.
Longer days too. I believe it to be because of money and haveing to run the AC. 100-110F in June is pretty sick and those kids would eb roasting or the electric bills would be sky high!!

Wait a sec... grade 5 is part of both elementary and middle in your area?? :o :o