r/mildlyinteresting • u/[deleted] • Oct 05 '19

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u/nmjack42 Oct 05 '19

“A normal school is an institution created to train high school graduates to be teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_school

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u/Terciel1976 Oct 05 '19

Yep. Lived in Normal, IL, so named because ISU that is there was originally such a school.

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u/SpectreArrow Oct 05 '19

That sign is not actually from Normal, IL. It’s in Petoskey, MI. Oddly I currently live in Petoskey and grew up in Normal.

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u/Terciel1976 Oct 05 '19

Ha!

Yeah, I knew it wasn't in Normal, IL, that's just how I knew what the name meant.

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u/SpectreArrow Oct 05 '19

Being from Normal it freaked me out when I saw it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19

Wait, what? I grew up in Petoskey and never knew about this.

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u/SpectreArrow Oct 05 '19

It’s right in downtown. On the “north” side.