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Back to School: The 70s vs. Today
By: Asharah Date: September 2, 2018, 2:30 am
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As I recall, we needed more than a notebook and pencils. And my
school had uniforms, so we didn't go shopping at Sears.
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Re: Back to School: The 70s vs. Today
By: vintagegal Date: September 2, 2018, 7:05 am
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That was a funny article.
I started school in the early 1960's. I remember a pencil box,
that was about it. Never had a backpack until high school.
School supplied paste and mucilage (remember that?) I do
remember having to have a special "first day of school" outfit.
You didn't want to make a bad impression. I think at some point
in my school years, we were allowed to wear pants to school, but
I don't remember when. Certainly not in grade school.
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Re: Back to School: The 70s vs. Today
By: Elisabunny Date: September 3, 2018, 11:40 am
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I went to elementary school in the '70s. We started the
Wednesday after Labor Day. Everyone wore a new outfit that was
far too warm for early September in Philly. Some kids had lunch
boxes, but many just used brown paper lunch bags. Those who
brought their lunch bought milk from the cafeteria. I think we
got our very short list of needed school supplies on the first
day, which lead to a trip to the store that afternoon.
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Re: Back to School: The 70s vs. Today
By: Sycorax Date: September 3, 2018, 11:51 am
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I don't really even remember being given a list for school
supplies. You had to have paper to write on and something to
keep your papers in, but other than that, it was up to you. In
my kids' elementary school, you have to have spirals and pocket
folders in specific colors, some of which are hard to find when
it gets close to the beginning of the school year.
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Re: Back to School: The 70s vs. Today
By: holly firestorm Date: September 3, 2018, 5:48 pm
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New first day of school outfit that was usually to warm to wear
the first week of September: check.
That's another thing. School always started the week of labor
day or the week after. Out here in LA school starts in mid or
late August now.
Pencil case with at least two #2 pencils and an eraser, even if
there was one on your pencil. A sharpener was advised, but not
required since there was always one in the classroom. A black
ink or blue ink pen. (Some teachers required both). A loose
leaf book &/or spiral notebook with the required number of
subject dividers (depended on the teacher). Preferably some sort
of school bag to carry them all in.
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Re: Back to School: The 70s vs. Today
By: Wanaca Date: September 4, 2018, 8:07 am
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I started school in 1970 so I went to school all through the
70's. I don't remember a lot of what they said. I ate school
lunches. I went to the mall for my clothes. We had pencils and
crayons. It was recommended by the school to have some type of
pencil box---they said that a cigar box worked fine (and it
did!). A loose leaf binder was okay but if you didn't have
paper the school had plenty available.
School didn't start until after Labor Day and my parents didn't
make a big deal over it. And I was the one who wanted brown
paper bags for book covers---I loved to draw on it.
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Re: Back to School: The 70s vs. Today
By: Soop Date: September 4, 2018, 9:59 am
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Elementary school in the 70's. We didn't need anything but our
shiny selves and lunch on the first day. We were given
notebooks, pencils, erasers, textbooks, art supplies. A pencil
case was acceptable. Later in the year you would need coloured
pencils if you had geography (social studies as we called it
then). The more 'good' stuff you had, the more likely someone
would "borrow" (filch) it. The higher the grade, the more stuff
you might be asked to have, but it was never a list given before
the school year started. E.g. shortly before you started the
geometry section, teacher would tell us we would need a geometry
set in a week.
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Re: Back to School: The 70s vs. Today
By: Kimberami Date: September 4, 2018, 10:07 am
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I grew up in the 80s. I remember the first time a girl brought a
64 pack of crayons to school. There were so many envious kids
that day. :D
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Re: Back to School: The 70s vs. Today
By: Jayhawk Date: September 4, 2018, 11:09 am
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Elementary school in the 1960's. I remember crayons (I never did
get the envied-after 64 box), a pan of watercolors, glue,
pencils, Big Chief tablet, pens and binders in later grades.
That's about it, really. I didn't get a backpack until college.
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Re: Back to School: The 70s vs. Today
By: jpcher Date: September 4, 2018, 5:49 pm
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My DDs started kindergarten in the late 90's and when I received
the list for DD#1 I was astounded at what was on the list for a
kindergartener! 1 Box of kleenex (which was put in a pool of
boxes. What? The school can't supply tissues?) a box of small
zip locks. Really? Along with crayons, markers, color pencils
and water paint. The glue, specific size and type (non-toxic,
okay I get that). Certain colors for pocket folders labeled for
certain subjects, and the folders had to be the kind where the
pockets weren't loose/open on one end. Blunt scissors, sketch
pad (again the brand was suggested) and I don't remember what
else. Oh, yeah, they recommended a back pack. How else would a 5
year old child bring all this stuff to school? ::)
Everything had to be labeled with the child's name. I had the
idea of printing out a sheet of sticky-back paper with her name
listed multiple times and we used that to label everything. It
was quite a project shopping, sorting the list, and labeling the
boxes. She was a good trooper and enjoyed using her new crayons
to color the folders with her name and subject. Fun times! Hey,
starting kindergarten is cool!
About a month after she started, she told me that she needed new
crayons. I asked her why? She said because she loans them to
other kids who didn't have crayons and never got them back. We
went to the store and bought her a new box of crayons (not the
coveted 64-size, I think it was the 32-size) and used the
stickers to label every.single.crayon. She asked me if she could
take more stickers to school so that she could put them on her
markers and color pencils. She was able to keep track of her
items from then on.
As the DDs grew older, the back to school shopping became more
detailed. 3-inch binder for this class, 1-inch binder for that
class, college-ruled spirals for the other class. Sigh.
We were fortunate enough to find BTS shopping an enjoyable
experience. It was something that we looked forward to. But I
gotta say, if the DDs weren't the wonderful, polite, awesome
daughters that they are I would have found this chore to be the
absolutely worst on my must-do-can't-avoid list. I dreaded it
every year, but in the end, when we went out for dinner after
shopping? A good time was had by all.
I was in elementary school during the 60s and graduated HS in
the late 70's. I remember only bringing a spiral notebook and
some pencils or pens to my first day of school. I don't remember
my mother having to pack up or buy a list like I mentioned
above.
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