Sherri Posted August 30, 2007 Share 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 $$ to pick them up but the shopping was fun .) And there was something magical about new school supplies. They seemed to hold such promise. Pencils with perfect points and tall erasers, bright purple Trapper Keeper binder(yeah!) that would eventually become a canvas for between-class doodling, and stacks of plain paper grocery bags ready to be transformed by a few folds and pieces Scotch tape into sturdy book covers. I'm sure the shopping list is quite different these days with little Ashley and Ayden packing laptops, ipods, cell phones, and Blackberries to preschool. I think the fanciest thing we had was a digital watch about the size of a dinner plate. And mood rings, of course. Old-school rules! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couloir Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Pee Chees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I loved getting a brand new quill pen every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selkirk Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I loved getting ready for back-to-school! I remember shopping for pairs of painters' pants and chukka boots at the department store and watching the clerk carefully tuck them into the big box at the layaway counter. (We usually didn't have enough $$ 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lI1|1! Posted August 31, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizard_brain Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 New bong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted August 31, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Me too, but no ink. I had a fountain pen, though. And a shirt that seconded as a sponge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted August 31, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 That was just the teachers. Dont get me started about some of those other asswipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizard_brain Posted August 31, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted August 31, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted August 31, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted August 31, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherri Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizard_brain Posted August 31, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I liked school. Now the thought of school or classrooms kills any desire I have to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I liked school. Now the thought of school or classrooms kills any desire I have to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted August 31, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericb Posted August 31, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 your diatribe has single-handledly convinced me that we do indeed need more gun control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_like_sun Posted September 1, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottP Posted September 1, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted September 1, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherri Posted September 1, 2007 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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