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NOTES IN CLASS:

Before cell phones and texting, kids passed notes in class. They would often be folded in intricate shapes like those in the pictures above. A typical note-passing act would be like in the picture below, with students trying not to get caught. If and when they did get caught, the teacher would confiscate the note and either throw it in the trash or keep in their desk drawer. Sometimes the teachers would read the note out loud, or even make the students read it.

If cell phones were banned in class, might kids of today of learn of this long-lost act? Texting in class is just passing notes gone high tech.

NOTEBOOKS:

One thing I always had to pick out for school was a notebook, or binder or folder. A lot of us had Trapper Keepers. I now I had so many of these, until I stopped using them, in favor of looseleaf notebooks (teachers in high school required us to have a notebook for each class).

I know I had various designs of Trapper Keepers over the years in grade school and junior high school. I may or may not have had some of these below. I don't know if that rainbow now was around then, but it looks like one I would have wanted, if I could have had it. The one with the kittens also seems like one I might have had.

I also remember the Trapper Keeper folders you could insert into the binders that could be purchased individually, as well as other kinds of folders.

Critter Sitters

Notice some of the coloring on the folders in the second photo. This brings me to...

NEON COLORS:

Neon colors seemed to be everywhere in the 1980s:

I've often liked bright colors, though I'm not sure I liked them this bright! I certainly saw a lot of these things around, though.

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NOW done for today. See what's ON tap for Tuesday.