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15. Students and office staff at my grade school and high school used

Sun Jan 21, 2024, 01:30 PM

Jan 2024

'Carbon' paper in (manual) typewriters...and even when handwriting reports.
I don't think that's used much, if at all, anymore.

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Think back. what things, activities, procedures were in our classrooms ,--Elementary, JH or SeniorHigh. I went to a 3 [View all] debm55 Jan 2024 OP

Blackboards with chalk and erasers you had to clap to get the dust out. Ocelot II Jan 2024 #1

Here in California they're making kids learn cursive again kimbutgar Jan 2024 #3

I taught cursive 49jim Jan 2024 #20

My older sister is a left hander also and has beautiful cursive writing! kimbutgar Jan 2024 #21

Did they make her write with her right hand, debm55 Jan 2024 #37

No she was never forced to switch ! kimbutgar Jan 2024 #48

Good. I remember kids having their left arm tied so the would be forced to use the right. Good for your Mom. debm55 Jan 2024 #50

So did I and it was the third grade when the transition was made. debm55 Jan 2024 #53

I'm a lefty too, had to shift the paper to the left to get the proper slant to my cursive writing. brush Jan 2024 #90

Me too, It was in third grade also debm55 Jan 2024 #148

That;s good because at the very least you need for legal ,medical to sign your name in cursive.😀 debm55 Jan 2024 #30

One day in the eighth grade, Mr.Bill Jan 2024 #62

I wonder why? Do you remember the check for lice? This was in elementary. You put your head on the desk and the school debm55 Jan 2024 #65

I don't recall any lice inspections. Mr.Bill Jan 2024 #67

i still learn best by writing info down by hand rather than typing it. snot Jan 2024 #91

I agree. ty debm55 Jan 2024 #139

Yes, I remember cursive was taught in third grade. We were each given a book. and the pink stuff for puke. Our desks had debm55 Jan 2024 #5

Agree and thank you debm55 Jan 2024 #147

Chalk boards kimbutgar Jan 2024 #2

Went to a Catholic grade school too. Ours was made of slate. One student got thrown into board and slate pieces were all debm55 Jan 2024 #8

I was sitting next to a student who was joking around. Teacher misaimed and got me in the forehead🙄 debm55 Jan 2024 #33

When it happened to me I was able to get the chalk off my face but not hair kimbutgar Jan 2024 #34

Good for you, Kimbutgar. So you didn't where braids again? debm55 Jan 2024 #39

No I liked buns or a single pony tail if I couldn't wear my hair down. kimbutgar Jan 2024 #49

I aways did my own hair. Just brushed it --nothing fancy. Packed my own lunches too. debm55 Jan 2024 #140

Slate blackboards. Also, there was some church group that was allowed to give us sinkingfeeling Jan 2024 #4

We didn;t have any recess equipment exept for jump ropes. baseball flip it, And a ball for the dreaded Dudge Ball. If debm55 Jan 2024 #35

mimeograph The Blue Flower Jan 2024 #6

It was a nice smell, debm55 Jan 2024 #9

You should check out what the great Tim Wilson said about those. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #123

thank you. OldBaldy1701E debm55 Jan 2024 #124

Do they still have "study halls"? open windows- no ac, paddles, term papers, walkingman Jan 2024 #7

We made book covers out of brown grocery bags Ocelot II Jan 2024 #13

Yes, we also used brown paper bags. If I remember right we were fined if we messed up our books walkingman Jan 2024 #58

Our school too debm55 Jan 2024 #125

Did you use paper bags for your book covers? When I taught kids would buy. No AC. No paddles. I think the Home Ec debm55 Jan 2024 #14

The boys had shop classes and the girls had home ec (cooking and sewing). Ocelot II Jan 2024 #19

That's true. I always want to take shop but not allowed in Elem or JH. I tool Drafting in HS. debm55 Jan 2024 #51

Those are all the things I remember. Polly Hennessey Jan 2024 #41

I liked diagraming. Tried to teach to my students---they did like it debm55 Jan 2024 #77

Thanks, I changed the title because how the hell would we know. I like all the thinks you mentioned . alot has gone.TY debm55 Jan 2024 #42

Duck and cover RoadRunner Jan 2024 #10

Yes, the joke was put your head between your legs and kiss your butt goodbye. Ocelot II Jan 2024 #12

Even as a third grader fernlady Jan 2024 #32

Agree. debm55 Jan 2024 #54

I, too, at a similar age wondered why anyone thought... 3catwoman3 Jan 2024 #84

We never did Duck and Cover. We would all line up and go to the basement for the tunnel debm55 Jan 2024 #43

Movie projectors and folding screens. Glorfindel Jan 2024 #11

Starting around 7th grade the nerdiest boys were appointed to run the projectors. Ocelot II Jan 2024 #16

Hey, waitaminnit... grumpyduck Jan 2024 #23

Was that a filmstrip projector or the movie reel? debm55 Jan 2024 #55

Filmstrip. grumpyduck Jan 2024 #61

Did it make this beeping sound when you had to change to the next picture? debm55 Jan 2024 #80

Had to think about it for a bit, grumpyduck Jan 2024 #102

Same here.Though after many years . i would talk about each slide myself and not use the record. debm55 Jan 2024 #126

My collapsible was plastic. We weren't able to wear pants until 10th grade. and the hand held bell to tell you to change debm55 Jan 2024 #44

Students and office staff at my grade school and high school used Jrose Jan 2024 #15

No, Now is Zerox machines. Put I do remember the carbon ink tape that I used. OMG if I made a mistake typing I could debm55 Jan 2024 #22

That's why I was so glad when PCs were finally used in offices! Jrose Jan 2024 #26

In High School we had this machine that would punch holes in these tan cards. I didn't take business, so I didn't know debm55 Jan 2024 #45

They may have been the IBM keypunch cards that I think were used Jrose Jan 2024 #52

That sounds about right. Why were holes used? debm55 Jan 2024 #59

Those holes might have been spaces for whichever numbers or letters Jrose Jan 2024 #60

exactly right fernlady Jan 2024 #72

Thank you fernlady debm55 Jan 2024 #75

I still use carbon paper occasionally WestMichRad Jan 2024 #94

We had a smoking lounge for students! Rustynaerduwell Jan 2024 #17

In senior High we didn;t have one, Kids would walk off the school grounds and smoke in the woods.That was in the early debm55 Jan 2024 #25

My high school had a senior courtyard nitpicked Jan 2024 #29

We didn't our recess was in the cafeteria. debm55 Jan 2024 #46

Same thing at my high school. Mr.Bill Jan 2024 #64

We had a Seniors' Lounge (No Smoking) and a separate smoking lounge- All invited. Rustynaerduwell Jan 2024 #66

the "smoking lounge" was the side entrance to the building. Boys only yellowdogintexas Jan 2024 #117

Wooden desks with ink wells..and we used them.. asiliveandbreathe Jan 2024 #18

That is funny. Our desks were attacked to each other. Our seats were attacked to someone's desk behind us. So if the debm55 Jan 2024 #27

That is so funny!! I can just imagine the row of desks moving.. asiliveandbreathe Jan 2024 #31

It was like a giant caterpillar debm55 Jan 2024 #83

I remember the GIANT slide rule in the math classroom.... lastlib Jan 2024 #24

I remember that. Could never figure it out. Went with dad to buy him a calculator at K--Mart. It was in a class case debm55 Jan 2024 #57

A slide rule really is all about adding and subtracting..... lastlib Jan 2024 #76

Pencil sharpeners nitpicked Jan 2024 #28

Nitpicked---I remember that debm55 Jan 2024 #78

Still have one WestMichRad Jan 2024 #96

The ones with the hand cranks? Yeah, I remember those. sakabatou Jan 2024 #104

The PeeChee folder DBoon Jan 2024 #36

Hahahahaha---I had that one. I love that quote from wiki. debm55 Jan 2024 #79

I remember duck and cover Diamond_Dog Jan 2024 #38

The cafeteria food bamagal62 Jan 2024 #40

Yes. it was in my elementary school too, but that changed in JH and HS, Did you have a bathroom break? We would only be debm55 Jan 2024 #68

Back in my day, Wonder Why Jan 2024 #47

hhahahaha funny debm55 Jan 2024 #127

Typing on manual typewriters NotASurfer Jan 2024 #56

NotASurfer. That's a bummer. debm55 Jan 2024 #63

Remember carbon paper? snot Jan 2024 #92

I hated it. PS love you name debm55 Jan 2024 #100

Latin and square dancing WhiteTara Jan 2024 #69

Latin is good to learn. Did you have coed gym classes for the square dancing? debm55 Jan 2024 #74

no coed, just the square dance class WhiteTara Jan 2024 #116

I never figured out why we learned square dancing sakabatou Jan 2024 #105

coordination and movement? WhiteTara Jan 2024 #111

Maybe, but there are other dances that can fill it in sakabatou Jan 2024 #112

probably, but this was in the 50s WhiteTara Jan 2024 #113

I did square dancing in the NINETIES! sakabatou Jan 2024 #114

intro to dancing with partners? WhiteTara Jan 2024 #115

I don't remember, but it was in middle school, I think sakabatou Jan 2024 #121

Same grade, I think. sakabatou Jan 2024 #146

I LOVED RobinA Jan 2024 #145

Activities, events and procedures that I remember from elementary school. Niagara Jan 2024 #70

I remember Helene kicking up her leg while kissing Terry in the high school production of "Damned Yankees." NNadir Jan 2024 #71

Pamela Brown Turbineguy Jan 2024 #81

I used to play that one in clubs, cheating by playing it with a slide, because well, I was never going to be Leo Kottke. NNadir Jan 2024 #86

I remember many of the things others have mentioned -- rsdsharp Jan 2024 #73

It just occurred to me that kids who went to school after blackboards were replaced Ocelot II Jan 2024 #82

In high school, I remember we did an earthquake drill... lastlib Jan 2024 #85

Earthquake drills here too. sakabatou Jan 2024 #106

Did you have aftershocks in any of them? n/t lastlib Jan 2024 #108

I think we just waited until the all clear. sakabatou Jan 2024 #109

Purple stencil reproduction of "handouts" with alcohol and a rotary machine bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #87

A ditto machine is the rotary machine I never used the gel type that was used in elem. school, The ditto machine had a debm55 Jan 2024 #99

damn good drugs, lol mike_c Jan 2024 #88

The liquid chemicals were terrible or you talking about people drugs---I"m so confused-- debm55 Jan 2024 #101

I got a great public school education. snot Jan 2024 #89

your town sounds a lot like Yellow Springs Ohio. yellowdogintexas Jan 2024 #119

Also, the school newspaper snot Jan 2024 #93

Oh our school had a student newspaper staff. Also had a teacher mentor. debm55 Jan 2024 #137

Fire drills, everybody filed outside. Field trips to Shamrock Dairy where we got chocolate milk. Mmmmm. brush Jan 2024 #95

Heck, we had fire drills where I worked WestMichRad Jan 2024 #97

Same here at work too...at a newspaper and a university. brush Jan 2024 #98

Chicken fat... consider_this Jan 2024 #103

I remember Chicken Fat, but we did it gym. debm55 Jan 2024 #129

News/announcements on video sakabatou Jan 2024 #107

Ours was scrapped too.Took to much time to set up. I did like the program they would have ever morning on the News of debm55 Jan 2024 #130

Fire drills, girls' white gym suits, gymnastics at P.E. AmBlue Jan 2024 #110

Enjoyed your post. Yes we had the white gym outfits too. Ours were two piece. They made us all take communal showerswith debm55 Jan 2024 #131

Thanks DebM AmBlue Jan 2024 #144

A trophy case for science awards that was bigger than the one for sports awards jmowreader Jan 2024 #118

Yes the trophy cases. Ours was for sports. debm55 Jan 2024 #138

I also went to a Catholic elementary school 10 Turtle Day Jan 2024 #120

That was nice of her. I went to Catholic grade school also. Always, fish stick Friday. as our school had a cafeteria, Do debm55 Jan 2024 #133

No, I don't remember saying the Angilus at noon. 10 Turtle Day Jan 2024 #141

Simulated cars for Driver's Education willamette Jan 2024 #122

We had something similiar. 10th grade, a group of 4 were taken out in a car, Driver's Ed teacher had a brake pedal on debm55 Jan 2024 #128

Yes, the extra brake pedal - very reassuring willamette Jan 2024 #143

It wasn't in my case, when I hit the gas pedal instead of of the break, We went into a ditch and car had to be hauled debm55 Jan 2024 #150

Oh, no! willamette Jan 2024 #154

May baskets jpak Jan 2024 #132

Jpak, never heard of this , but it sound very nice and great tasting. debm55 Jan 2024 #134

Everyone brought candy for the May Basket jpak Jan 2024 #135

I love the concept. Thank you for posting. debm55 Jan 2024 #136

I'd forgotten about those! Ocelot II Jan 2024 #151

I remember those very faintly. yorkster Jan 2024 #153

The long cylindrical metal fire escapes you slid down. LibinMo Jan 2024 #142

That was unique. I would like that. debm55 Jan 2024 #149

"The Conservation Man" get the red out Jan 2024 #152