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Back to School: The 70s vs. Today, A Lot has Changed
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breadnatty08
pain rustique
Hell, this was me going to school in the 90s (just about the same as the 70s). I loved those cheese balls! 
I finished high school just as cell phones became ubiquitous among kids (no smartphones though) and FB was still college only (and restricted to a small few schools). That's the thing that horrifies me the most as both a student and teacher these days.
I finished high school just as cell phones became ubiquitous among kids (no smartphones though) and FB was still college only (and restricted to a small few schools). That's the thing that horrifies me the most as both a student and teacher these days.
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Kaat72
Guest
Thanks for the read, loved it.
Revenant Ghost
Android Expert
Man, what a messed up time we're living in nowadays.
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
attr. Socrates, n.496 b.c.
Nothing's really changed in 2,500 years.
attr. Socrates, n.496 b.c.
Nothing's really changed in 2,500 years.
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
attr. Socrates, n.496 b.c.
Nothing's really changed in 2,500 years.
This is why I teach in China, and not the UK.
Stuntman
Android Expert
When I went to school in the 70's and 80's, you get laughed at if your parents drove you. There was no traffic around schools. Now, it seems kids these days regularly get driven to school. When my commute route went by a school just before school starts or after school ends, it's gridlock.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
I think we learned more. The emphasis was on learning, not political correctness.
Droid_Genius
Android Enthusiast
Ha! Great read.
Wow...absolutely spot-on, at least the '70s part. And it makes me very, very glad I'm long done with child-rearing, and don't have to find out how accurate the today part is. Now it's my daughter and son-in-law's turn. Better them than me! :laugh:
iowabowtech
root@android:/ #
That was some good reading right there.
I could almost picture myself shopping at Walgreens while wearing my Toughskins.
I could almost picture myself shopping at Walgreens while wearing my Toughskins.
bkdc
Newbie
Copy that. There is an elementary school about 2 blocks from me & I can hardly get out of my subdivision when school is letting out. Also another 1/2 mile down the road is a high school, traffic always backed.when the kids are getting out.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
I had to pick up daughter. She was in jazz band from jr. high on, and played bass guitar.
That isn't the easiest instrument to carry around, especially in a hard case.
That isn't the easiest instrument to carry around, especially in a hard case.
When I went to school, you either took bus or you walked (or if you were lucky enough to have a saddle that fit a mastodon ... .) Most families had only one car which was used to take the employed parent to work, often times before school started.
The fanciest gadget anyone tried to smuggle into class was a transistor radio.
Of course that would have come in handy if the commies dropped the bomb while we were hiding under our desks.
.) Most families had only one car which was used to take the employed parent to work, often times before school started. The fanciest gadget anyone tried to smuggle into class was a transistor radio.
Of course that would have come in handy if the commies dropped the bomb while we were hiding under our desks.
I still have mine!When I went to school, you either took bus or you walked (or if you were lucky enough to have a saddle that fit a mastodon ...
I still have mine!
I contacted your elementary school and the art teacher sent me a copy your "what I did on my summer vacation" project.
I contacted your elementary school and the art teacher sent me a copy your "what I did on my summer vacation" project.
Oh, crap! You know, I thought I had bribed her enough to stop anything like that. Geesh...
Stuntman
Android Expert
When I went to school, you either took bus or you walked (or if you were lucky enough to have a saddle that fit a mastodon ...
Most students would walk. Only those who lived unusually far like outside of the normal school district boundaries for the particular school would have to resort to taking the bus. In elementary school, the only person I know who took the bus had his house destroyed by fire and temporarily lived farther away. Everyone else lived within walking distance. If you forgot your homework at home, the teach made you walk home to get it.
Mine also had a clock and alarm.
Of course that would have come in handy if the commies dropped the bomb while we were hiding under our desks.
When I went to school, we were told to hide under our desks if there were an earthquake.