Category: School

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Pixels, Pong, and Pure Chaos: The Awesomeness of 1980s Computer Lab Day

There was, in the 1980s, a day so sacred that it transcended all other classroom activities: computer lab day. For anyone who lived through it, the smell of plastic keyboards, the faint ozone of dot matrix printers, and the eerie hum of giant beige monitors conjures feelings somewhere between reverence, awe, and mild panic. This wasn’t just a chance to type an essay or do some primitive math drills. Oh no. Computer lab day was a portal into the future—a chaotic, pixelated wonderland where our imaginations collided with technology that, by today’s standards, could barely run Pong without wheezing. The…
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The Glorious Chaos of the 1980s Scholastic Book Fair

In the pantheon of 1980s childhood experiences, few rites of passage compared to the Scholastic Book Fair. This was not merely a school event—it was a full-blown, glitter-infused adventure where your sense of logic, your clutching dollar bills, and your future taste in literature were all put to the ultimate test. And make no mistake: surviving the Book Fair required courage, cunning, and a willingness to experience sensory overload the likes of which only a third grader could truly appreciate. Let’s start with the setup. By some miracle of logistics, your school gymnasium—or if you were lucky, the library, which…
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Fold, Flick, Deliver: The Lost Art of 80s Note Passing

There was once a time—before texting, before DMs, before a single emoji could destroy your reputation in under six seconds—when communication required skill, stealth, and a little bit of origami. It was called note passing, and if you grew up in the 1980s, you know it wasn’t just a casual act of teenage correspondence. It was an Olympic sport of wit, timing, and nerve. The 80s classroom was a battlefield. Teachers armed with chalk and suspicion; students armed with ruled paper and Bic pens. Every word scribbled was a potential scandal, a confession of love, or a snarky commentary on…
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