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09-12-2019, 04:19 PM
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In the early grades WWII was still permeating the culture (Combat!, 12 O'Clock High", McHale's Navy.) It was fashionable, mostly for boys, to have something resembling an army knapsack.
Later, it was rubber book bands and one thing you'd do when "profiling" who was cool and who was not, was to see how few books someone got away with carrying and how "cool" they looked while doing it.
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I never did any homework, so I never had to carry any books home
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I never took any work home. That's what lunch period was for. I did have to carry some books because that's one thing The Establishment looked for when you were leaving the building.
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09-12-2019, 05:03 PM
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In second grade I begged my mom for a similar book satchel. I must have begged a lot because she got it for me. It was coach brown and dark (wine) brown (maybe plaid?) Even had a detachable shoulder strap. I felt very cool in school
It was a precursor to the always stylishly slim combination purse/brief case style I carried in my working years.
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09-12-2019, 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by HadEnuff
I never did any homework, so I never had to carry any books home.
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Never did a thing. Never studied or turned in anything. No books or packs.
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09-12-2019, 06:35 PM
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When I went to college, I was given a briefcase, and used it for a short while, until I saw someone with a back pack, and the light went off, 1973.
Before then, carried books under the arm ( but I also used a book strap to keep them tight)
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09-12-2019, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by MRG
+1
Never did a thing. Never studied or turned in anything. No books or packs.
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I was in 6th grade, in the principals office with my parents, being read the riot act by all for not doing any homework. I said "I'm here from 9AM to 3AM. I'm just not going to go home and do more schoolwork."...My grades were good enough so that they had to keep passing me down the line...
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09-12-2019, 07:21 PM
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We had lockers at school. Before the bomb scares.
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09-12-2019, 07:28 PM
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No backpacks until high school.
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09-12-2019, 07:36 PM
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Carried books in an "army bag". Not sure if it came from a surplus store or what. Smelled nasty when it rained.
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09-12-2019, 08:03 PM
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I have never owned a backpack.
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09-12-2019, 08:10 PM
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Never had a backpack when I was a kid. I now have 7 backpacks. Varying sizes, depending on what I’m doing.
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09-12-2019, 08:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HadEnuff
I was in 6th grade, in the principals office with my parents, being read the riot act by all for not doing any homework. I said "I'm here from 9AM to 3AM. I'm just not going to go home and do more schoolwork."...My grades were good enough so that they had to keep passing me down the line...
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You hardly had any time to sleep, let alone doing homework.
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09-13-2019, 07:07 AM
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Carried books until college. Got a cheap (but effective) brief case for HS graduation I used all through college. I think I still have it somewhere - indestructible.
The kids all used back packs. I'm not sure they ever took much out of them once home. Still their grades were excellent, so we didn't worry too much. Just seemed a waste to cart stuff back and forth. YMMV
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09-13-2019, 08:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HadEnuff
I was in 6th grade, in the principals office with my parents, being read the riot act by all for not doing any homework. I said "I'm here from 9AM to 3AM. I'm just not going to go home and do more schoolwork."...My grades were good enough so that they had to keep passing me down the line...
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I used to get that treatment periodically. I thought it was funny (and typical) that these people would tell me how smart and bright I was because my grades were so good, while simultaneously telling me how evil and stupid I was and how i wouldn;t amount to anything, because I didn't cry for the joy brought on by doing homework. I had already read, weeks or months ago, the chapters they were just getting to in class. So much for trying harder and getting out in front of things. Used to sit there thinking: "Can these people even hear themselves?!
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09-13-2019, 10:21 AM
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No backpacks or anything to carry things other than my two arms! Had lockers in Jr High and High School, but not enough time between class to even bother keeping things in it!
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09-13-2019, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by razztazz
I used to get that treatment periodically. I thought it was funny (and typical) that these people would tell me how smart and bright I was because my grades were so good, while simultaneously telling me how evil and stupid I was and how i wouldn;t amount to anything, because I didn't cry for the joy brought on by doing homework. I had already read, weeks or months ago, the chapters they were just getting to in class. So much for trying harder and getting out in front of things. Used to sit there thinking: "Can these people even hear themselves?!
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My study was looking at the new textbooks and retaining any new information. That took a couple weeks. I spent 11 years repeating the same information so others could learn. Most boring years of my life.
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