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15 Things We Did At School That Future Students Will Never Understand
These are literally old school.
1. Copy notes from an overhead projector...
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Always followed by the teacher blocking the view.
2. ...and secretly pass other handwritten notes in class.
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Do you like me?
☐ Yes ☐ No
3. Write on a chalkboard with real live chalk.
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And circling something and writing "Save" so the janitor didn't erase it.
4. Make textbook covers out of paper grocery bags.
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Oddly satisfying.
5. Tear off the edges of dot matrix paper.
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Even more oddly satisfying.
6. Check out library books with the due date stamped in the back.
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Amelia Bedelia got around.
7. Watch educational programming supported by viewers like us.
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"No, wait — we passed this part. No, no — go back! Yeah, here!"
8. Sharpen pencils the old-fashioned way — by hand.
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"OK, class, who can tell me wha—" brrrrrraaagghhh
9. Carry around giant five-subject notebooks and binders.
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The more zippers the better.
10. Sell magazines door to door for the annual school fundraiser.
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"Only 98 more subscriptions and I can win a limo lunch!"
11. Beg Mom to buy Goosebumps and Animorphs at the book fair.
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Book Club forever.
12. Save our work onto 1.44 MB floppy disks.
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Fourth-grade hack: turning on write protection.
13. Learn to type from memorizing nonsensical mnemonics.
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Quick Ask Zoe — what?
14. Look up words on an electronic spell checker.
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But mostly to play Hangman.
15. And, finally, lose an ox while fording the river.
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And, conflabbit, we liked it.
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