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Tankeryanker
12-07-2020, 09:22 PM
as a teacher for so many years? I thought she was his second-grade teacher.

stevea
12-08-2020, 01:44 PM
She was his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade teacher. I've never heard of a teacher moving with her or his class.

Another teacher who seemed to do that was the lovable and unforgettable Helen Crump. In most other sitcoms teachers are misc. character actors.

biffbronson
12-08-2020, 02:42 PM
I did have the same teacher for 1st and 2nd grades in the very early '70s. But it does seem unusual to me, for a teacher to keep the same group for more than a year or two.

Dude111
12-08-2020, 03:34 PM
She was his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade teacher. I've never heard of a teacher moving with her or his class.Yes I havent either,its quite strange she just happend to move and he was assigned to her! (Maybe on purpose)

CosmicCharlie
12-08-2020, 08:33 PM
did each season represent a new grade as well ?

stevea
12-08-2020, 11:44 PM
did each season represent a new grade as well ?

Yes, for Beaver (although the writers were all over the map in Family Scrapbook) it was--season 1 grade 2, season 2 grade 3, season 3 grade 4, season 4 grade 5, season 5 grade 6, season 6 grade 8 (they skipped 7).

For Wally, it was season 1 grade 8, season 2 freshman, season 3 soph., season 4 junior, season 5 unmentioned, season 6 senior.

Torgo
12-28-2020, 08:59 AM
She was cloned, Gus needed a hobby when he wasn't getting cats out of trees or napping.

stevea
12-28-2020, 09:22 AM
She was cloned, Gus needed a hobby when he wasn't getting cats out of trees or napping.

Aha! This explains why she has 3 classrooms, and Mrs. Rayburn says she does the work of 3 people...lol

Dude111
12-29-2020, 03:21 AM
She was cloned, Gus needed a hobby when he wasn't getting cats out of trees or napping.Ah man!!

jehobden
01-04-2021, 08:48 PM
She was his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade teacher. I've never heard of a teacher moving with her or his class.

Another teacher who seemed to do that was the lovable and unforgettable Helen Crump. In most other sitcoms teachers are misc. character actors.

Miss Canfield was Beaver's 2nd grade teacher. Miss Landers was his teacher for the next 3 years, then he seemed to have various teachers for his Jr. High years (7th & 8th grade).

stevea
01-04-2021, 08:50 PM
Thanks for that correction! It was 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade for Miss Landers.

Tankeryanker
01-04-2021, 10:22 PM
Miss Canfield was Beaver's 2nd grade teacher. Miss Landers was his teacher for the next 3 years, then he seemed to have various teachers for his Jr. High years (7th & 8th grade).

So the show starts with Beaver in the second grade? I thought it was the 1rst grade.

Was it Miss Canfield's first year teaching?

stevea
01-04-2021, 11:19 PM
They mention first grade in Family Scrapbook, but they're rewriting show history when they do. The first season episodes mention second grade.

Mrs. Rayburn makes reference to the fact that Miss Canfield is a new teacher. Miss Canfield might in Beaver Gets 'Spelled, too.