Saturday, February 22, 2014

"Texting" in school classrooms in the 'good old days'.





This photo has been doing the rounds on social media websites (FB, etc.).

It reminded me of my personal story:

"For sure! In high school, I sat at the back of the class. There was a knot hole in the floor boards, so I used to push notes down into it, after reading them. One day I was in the school yard with a girlfriend, and had the occasion to look under the school buildings. (The buildings were 'transportables' - easy to shift around as needed.) 

They were up on blocks and the underside was boarded off with wood, but with spaces in between of a couple of inches, to let air circulate under the rooms. (No airconditioning in rooms.) She and I became engulfed in laughter - so much so, a teacher came to find out what was going on. 

There was a HUGE 'pyramid' of paper under the building. Probably 2-3' high and stretching over about 10 square feet! All under the knot hole in my classroom. I wonder if this is still so. What a story some of these notes might tell. Love you Henley High School."


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