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December 22, 2009

Time capsule results "weird" for some, constant for others

Rachel Brown

Do you remember what you were like 10 years ago?

Several former students opening 10-year time capsules at Coker Elementary School Tuesday morning were surprised when they saw their handwritten notes describing their admiration of Pokemon, boy bands and other pop culture items.

“It’s just weird to think that I actually liked this stuff,” said Samantha Usrey, a 2009 graduate of Murray County High School. “Apparently, I was an NSYNC fan.”

Ten students from Pam Bishop’s third-grade class and seven from Elizabeth Robinson’s room opened the capsules. Each student had completed a one-page questionnaire about their favorites and recorded how they spent the New Year in 2000.

Robinson said she and Bishop didn’t bury the time capsules but kept them in their respective classrooms. She said students often mentioned the time capsules to her over the years, looking forward to opening them.

Dennis Tate, who was in Bishop’s class, is engaged to be married and is pursuing his GED. Ten years ago, he said his friends were “Jeasus and God,” his favorite Disney movie was “Old Yeller,” and his favorite food was hot dogs. Those favorites haven’t changed.

Ashley Sosebee, who was in Robinson’s class, had a baby, Oliver, 10 weeks ago. She hopes to become a registered nurse through Dalton State College.

Peter Alena spent only half the school year in Bishop’s class, but he made the two-hour drive from Peachtree City to rejoin his former classmates. Now a biology student at the University of Georgia at Athens, he said he must have moved away before he was able to put his letter in the time capsule, but he was able to share other memories with the Coker alumni.

“I remember running around the loop (outside the school),” he said, laughing.

Bishop said the entire school created a large time capsule in 2000 that will be opened in another 15 years. She said her third-grade class from 10 years ago was the first Reading Renaissance class in Georgia. The class received the recognition by collectively reading thousands of books.

Bishop said school was more relaxed then, and she and her students often went on field trips and held fun activities.

“It’s all different now,” she said. “It’s all about No Child Left Behind, and we do reading and math 24/7.”



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