So that urban legend was doing the rounds (spread by teachers) in the US as well? We were informed that EVERY infraction of school rules - "and stop that talking, lovell-Smith!' - would go on our Permanent Record, to be secretly scrutinised by everyone but us until the age of 30 (the teacher's age by coincidence), at which stage, in the unlikely event of us not being in prison, we would be informed that the record was to be destroyed. Age 30 came and went and nobody told me... A job for Mythbusters? Tim Lovell-Smith Manuscripts and Archives Section ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz >>> "Scott, Kim" <[log in to unmask]> 31/03/06 10:17:35 >>> Am I the only one, or is someone else reading this thread and thinking about all those elementary school teachers who told us that our misdemeanors would be duly recorded in our "permanent record?" Where are those "permanent records" now? And who is looking at them???? Kim Allen Scott Montana State University, Bozeman A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>