Total Solar Eclipse

When I was in grade school, I experienced my first solar eclipse. We were told it was a total solar eclipse. Still, we either weren’t in the path of totality, or the instructor couldn’t be bothered to explain (or didn’t know) the different types of solar eclipses. I remember looking at the ground, where we could see pinholes of light slowly becoming crescent-shaped. But since I don’t have a clear memory of looking at the sun directly (with or without glasses), I have to assume it was a partial eclipse.