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For The Older Folks Here
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:26 am
by Janice
Way back when in school, what was something they had that they don't use anymore?
Me.... inkwell and pen..... we used them on a regular basis in our work
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:56 am
by Janie2006
Typewriters, believe it or not.
My high school still taught a class in typing in the mid-1980s.
The old word processors may have gone in the same direction.
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:03 am
by Janice
Carbon paper
Do they still wear gym suits in gym?
Adding machines, not electric, with a pull arm
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:11 am
by Janie2006
Mimeograph machines!
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:32 am
by CajunMama
try to find an electric typewriter!
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:59 am
by x-y-no
Slide rule.
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:46 pm
by alicia-w
carbon paper
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:59 pm
by Janice
Teachers that actually taught.....
Do they have summer school anymore?
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:20 pm
by CajunMama
they do here in lafayette parish. I believe you have to pay to attend summer school.
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:53 pm
by Windsong
Janie2006 wrote:Mimeograph machines!
Remember how that smelled? The whole class would be huffing that stuff! And everything copied in purple!
and PASTE. Big big jars of paste. A lot of the kids ate it.
Okay, so it didn't taste THAT bad...
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:49 pm
by vbhoutex
Electric adding machines with a tape. We were way ahead of the pack in 7th grade!!!LOL!!! Uh, 7th grade was in 1963!
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 10:33 am
by Windswept
Janie2006 wrote:Mimeograph machines!
Ditto Machines
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 1:24 pm
by Cookiely
A ruler to spank your hand with and a paddle to spank your bottom. I don't believe they have those anymore. When I was in school, every teacher had them, and used them.
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 1:28 pm
by MomH
How about atomic bomb drills. Get under your desk, cover your head and face, and never look up untill the all clear went off. What were they thinking???
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:55 pm
by Janie2006
MomH wrote:How about atomic bomb drills. Get under your desk, cover your head and face, and never look up untill the all clear went off. What were they thinking???
They were thinking it would be an excellent idea for students to hide underneath
wooden desks while a nuclear freaking fireball goes off outside.
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 4:03 pm
by Janie2006
Windsong wrote:Janie2006 wrote:Mimeograph machines!
Remember how that smelled? The whole class would be huffing that stuff! And everything copied in purple!
and PASTE. Big big jars of paste. A lot of the kids ate it.
Okay, so it didn't taste THAT bad...
I tried the paste once or twice, which explains a few things about me.
[
Homer drool] Mmmmmm, paste. [/
Homer drool]
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 4:04 pm
by alicia-w
Cookiely wrote:A ruler to spank your hand with and a paddle to spank your bottom. I don't believe they have those anymore. When I was in school, every teacher had them, and used them.
the high school where my kids went had the Board of Education. (parents sign a consent form for corporal punishment) it had holes drilled in it just like when i was a kid. i never got smacked with it, but i remember how you could hear the air whistle through that baby on the way down!!!
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 9:34 am
by weathermom
MomH wrote:How about atomic bomb drills. Get under your desk, cover your head and face, and never look up untill the all clear went off. What were they thinking???
Duck and cover!!! I remember some dumb song that went with the movie we had to watch too...........
I was just telling my kids about this the other day. Seems that duck and cover is coming back into being only now they are called lockdown drills. The more things change, the more they stay the same.......