Sherri Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 I loved getting ready for back-to-school! I remember shopping for pairs of painters' pants and chukka boots at the department store and watching the clerk carefully tuck them into the big box at the layaway counter. (We usually didn't have enough $$ to pick them up but the shopping was fun .) And there was something magical about new school supplies. They seemed to hold such promise. Pencils with perfect points and tall erasers, bright purple Trapper Keeper binder(yeah!) that would eventually become a canvas for between-class doodling, and stacks of plain paper grocery bags ready to be transformed by a few folds and pieces Scotch tape into sturdy book covers. I'm sure the shopping list is quite different these days with little Ashley and Ayden packing laptops, ipods, cell phones, and Blackberries to preschool. I think the fanciest thing we had was a digital watch about the size of a dinner plate. And mood rings, of course. Old-school rules! Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 I loved getting a brand new quill pen every year. Quote
selkirk Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 I loved getting ready for back-to-school! I remember shopping for pairs of painters' pants and chukka boots at the department store and watching the clerk carefully tuck them into the big box at the layaway counter. (We usually didn't have enough $$ to pick them up but the shopping was fun .) And there was something magical about new school supplies. They seemed to hold such promise. Pencils with perfect points and tall erasers, bright purple Trapper Keeper binder(yeah!) that would eventually become a canvas for between-class doodling, and stacks of plain paper grocery bags ready to be transformed by a few folds and pieces Scotch tape into sturdy book covers. I'm sure the shopping list is quite different these days with little Ashley and Ayden packing laptops, ipods, cell phones, and Blackberries to preschool. I think the fanciest thing we had was a digital watch about the size of a dinner plate. And mood rings, of course. Old-school rules! After spending 10 1/2 years in college as a student/grad student/instructor I really miss going back to campus in the fall. I like my job a whole bunch but there's something magic about going back to school as a student or a teacher Quote
lI1|1! Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 school shmool, why couldn't we just stay out and play all summer? i suppose there was some premise about learning stuff, but i don't think it did me any good. my posts here prove that on a regular basis. Quote
Dechristo Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 I loved getting a brand new quill pen every year. I attended an elementary school where the desks had ink wells still. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Me too, but no ink. I had a fountain pen, though. And a shirt that seconded as a sponge. Quote
billcoe Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 HS brings back such unhappy memories that if I had to repeat the f*en bullshit I'd off myself first. Still waiting for my diploma the MF assholes never gave me: 33 years later. F* them F* school F* assholes I show up F*en with a rifle and cookem good this go round. Pricks and bitches. Quote
billcoe Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 That was just the teachers. Dont get me started about some of those other asswipes. Quote
lizard_brain Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 I went to a high school here in Washington that had an indoor rifle and pistol range. You could bring your own firearm (.22 caliber) to school, as long as you checked them in at the armory before classes. Times have changed. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 That was just the teachers. Dont get me started about some of those other asswipes, hell, there isn't enough ammo in the city. Couldna had anything to do with you, right? Quote
RuMR Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 That was just the teachers. Dont get me started about some of those other asswipes, hell, there isn't enough ammo in the city. damn bill...that's some serious hate goin' on... Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 HS brings back such unhappy memories that if I had to repeat the f*en bullshit I'd off myself first. Still waiting for my diploma the MF assholes never gave me: 33 years later. F* them F* school F* assholes I show up F*en with a rifle and cookem good this go round. Pricks and bitches. your diatribe has single-handledly convinced me that we do indeed need more gun control Quote
Sherri Posted August 31, 2007 Author Posted August 31, 2007 At our high school, dance lessons were part of our gym curriculum . I wish we'd had a shooting range. "Dance" as an activity may sound they were being soft on us, but I can assure you that polka-ing with an equally unwilling pre-pubescent partner was way more painful than being pummelled by a dodgeball, or a bullet. I still have scars. Quote
lizard_brain Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Well, the gun range was part of our JROTC program. In our junior year we had to alternate days between ROTC and PE class. Quote
cj001f Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 I liked school. Now the thought of school or classrooms kills any desire I have to learn. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 I liked school. Now the thought of school or classrooms kills any desire I have to learn. Quote
RuMR Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 I liked school. Now the thought of school or classrooms kills any desire I have to learn. bet you took the "short" bus to school, didn'tcha? Quote
ericb Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 That was just the teachers. Dont get me started about some of those other asswipes, hell, there isn't enough ammo in the city. damn bill...that's some serious hate goin' on... eek....my Junior High and Highschool experience was certainly forgettable, but I blame my genes....puberty eluded me for quite some time Quote
billcoe Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 your diatribe has single-handledly convinced me that we do indeed need more gun control Quote
i_like_sun Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 New bong! Dude, that word pretty much sums up the main priority of my high school class! I did (or still do) like getting new jeans and shoes for school though. Quote
ScottP Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 HS brings back such unhappy memories that if I had to repeat the f*en bullshit I'd off myself first. Word. The only exception would be the tired, "If I knew then what I know now..." Quote
TREETOAD Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 How could you not like all that sex, drugs and real honest to goodness Rock and Roll.It was the dawning of a new age. Vietnam war protests, kill the pigs, the Chicago seven trial, yippies, draft dodging teachers. It was an unbelievable time in history. School sucked though. Quote
Sherri Posted September 1, 2007 Author Posted September 1, 2007 How could you not like all that sex, drugs and real honest to goodness Rock and Roll. I missed out on the drugs and the sex, but we did have Bruce Springsteen. Class of 1985's theme song: "Born in the USA" Quote
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