What the 250th anniversary of our country could be for those too young to remember 1976

[Teacher of the Year]

14. You know what sucked about the bicentennial?

July 4, 1976: pretty much EVERY PERSON IN AMERICA dressed in red, white and blue something.

July 5, 1976-the rest of summer: 1/2 off all Bicentennial everything at Sears, JC Penny, K Mart and Monkey Wards.

Sept. 3, 1976: After waking up on my red, white and blue sheets my mom got for 75% off, I put on my brand new red-white-and-blue school clothes. Pants with R-W-B pockets/patches, R+W striped socks with blue tops w/ white stars. No Mork suspenders for me... I had red white and blue ones. And a red white and blue bike. Red White and Blue Evil Kineval SST cliff jumper And a red white and blue jacket. And red white and blue sneakers. And time went by I outgrew most of them, thank Goodness. But...no. My mom had thought ahead and purchased the next sizes up in pants, shirts, socks, shoes... my misery, at what I thought was at maximum, doubled when my mom boasted to my friends that some of my clothes had been 80% off.

My dad made $300,000 in 1976. I wore marked down RWB Kmart sneakers (that hurt my feet).

Stupid 1976.