76 things about school life in the 80s

Ohlord Published 03/03/2022 in wow

The school days of the 80s were simpler times. Parents and teachers were in charge and kids fell into line. Parents always sided with the teachers, the lunches were terrible for you, the playground equipment was a death trap and if you fell on the hard ground you laid there or you picked yourself up and shook off your concussion.

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This was enough space for all of your books in elementary school
2.
Your mom put your money in one of these that connected to your back pack
3.
And this was a totally rad look for middle school
4.
Another way to store your key and money
5.
You had to make sure your tennis shoes were nice and white
6.
And of course bangs and hair poofiness was a big concern
7.
Your jeans may have looked like this
8.
You and your friends coordinated what you were going to wear
9.
And grabbed your PS shorts out the wash
10.
11.
You filled up on sugary cereal
12.
In elementary school you brushed with one of these after that sugary oatmeal with gel or cereal
13.
You grabbed your trapper keeper and piled in mom's taurus
14.
or on one of these old buses
15.
You can still hear this as you watched those cheesy movies
16.
Did a bit of this
17.
And earned stickers
18.
And loved the days you got Oregon Trail or one of the math games on the computer
19.
20.
Art classes were in the afternoons
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
And loved playing this old game
33.
Sometimes you got to play on these at PE
34.
On rainy days you stayed in the classroom and played games like this
35.
36.
You traded friendship pins at morning break
37.
Kids in the first two years got morning snack and you always traded your Hi-C for Capri Sun
38.
And morning recess
39.
And you remember all of the weird safety lessons and fear tactics
40.
And sometimes you would sit on the playground and just play games like this
41.
You had to have book covers
42.
In the afternoons some kids got pulled out to go take classes with the recorder. No one knows why they were chosen or why they would want to.
43.
And trapper keepers were a rite of passage when you reached a certain grade
44.
You'll never forget getting to use these in math
45.
And passing your first note
46.
Some days you got to go to the school library to check out books
47.
Being forced to read these boring things
48.
And having to go buy an overpriced pencil when you lost your last one
49.
You got rewarded when you got through an entire color
50.
51.
52.
You can still hear this hitting the ground
53.
And had to listen to stupid comprehension assignments on one of these
54.
You got stars for everything
55.
You snuck cough drops in your pencil box
56.
And loved getting to play with this
57.
Younger kids had these in their classrooms
58.
You might have brought your lunch to school
59.
60.
And you still wonder why the hell pizza was rectangle
61.
You loved when this came out and circled all the ones you wanted
62.
You remember when this was on playgrounds everywhere
63.
And the boys played hackysack
64.
Sometimes you got afternoon snack and juice in cups like this
65.
66.
67.
You rode your bike home to an empty house and no one called to check on you because you were A-Ok. You had it all under control in second grade
68.
You mom always left you ice cream man money
69.
And sometimes you and your friends would walk to the playground after school
70.
You were proud of yourself for "cooking" these after school
71.
You still remember after school specials that made you think you were sure to be on a milk carton, abducted or touched inapproproiately by a teacher or loved one, or that your best friend was surely being abused and you needed to save him
72.
and saw ads like this
73.
Maybe you ate some cereal after school
74.
While you watched Double Dare
75.
And after homework you got on your bike that had these on the wheels
76.
And rode around with the neighborhood kids til mom finished dinner.

1.
This was enough space for all of your books in elementary school
2.
Your mom put your money in one of these that connected to your back pack
3.
And this was a totally rad look for middle school
4.
Another way to store your key and money
5.
You had to make sure your tennis shoes were nice and white
6.
And of course bangs and hair poofiness was a big concern
7.
Your jeans may have looked like this
8.
You and your friends coordinated what you were going to wear
9.
And grabbed your PS shorts out the wash
10.
11.
You filled up on sugary cereal
12.
In elementary school you brushed with one of these after that sugary oatmeal with gel or cereal
13.
You grabbed your trapper keeper and piled in mom's taurus
14.
or on one of these old buses
15.
You can still hear this as you watched those cheesy movies
16.
Did a bit of this
17.
And earned stickers
18.
And loved the days you got Oregon Trail or one of the math games on the computer
19.
20.
Art classes were in the afternoons
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
And loved playing this old game
33.
Sometimes you got to play on these at PE
34.
On rainy days you stayed in the classroom and played games like this
35.
36.
You traded friendship pins at morning break
37.
Kids in the first two years got morning snack and you always traded your Hi-C for Capri Sun
38.
And morning recess
39.
And you remember all of the weird safety lessons and fear tactics
40.
And sometimes you would sit on the playground and just play games like this
41.
You had to have book covers
42.
In the afternoons some kids got pulled out to go take classes with the recorder. No one knows why they were chosen or why they would want to.
43.
And trapper keepers were a rite of passage when you reached a certain grade
44.
You'll never forget getting to use these in math
45.
And passing your first note
46.
Some days you got to go to the school library to check out books
47.
Being forced to read these boring things
48.
And having to go buy an overpriced pencil when you lost your last one
49.
You got rewarded when you got through an entire color
50.
51.
52.
You can still hear this hitting the ground
53.
And had to listen to stupid comprehension assignments on one of these
54.
You got stars for everything
55.
You snuck cough drops in your pencil box
56.
And loved getting to play with this
57.
Younger kids had these in their classrooms
58.
You might have brought your lunch to school
59.
60.
And you still wonder why the hell pizza was rectangle
61.
You loved when this came out and circled all the ones you wanted
62.
You remember when this was on playgrounds everywhere
63.
And the boys played hackysack
64.
Sometimes you got afternoon snack and juice in cups like this
65.
66.
67.
You rode your bike home to an empty house and no one called to check on you because you were A-Ok. You had it all under control in second grade
68.
You mom always left you ice cream man money
69.
And sometimes you and your friends would walk to the playground after school
70.
You were proud of yourself for "cooking" these after school
71.
You still remember after school specials that made you think you were sure to be on a milk carton, abducted or touched inapproproiately by a teacher or loved one, or that your best friend was surely being abused and you needed to save him
72.
and saw ads like this
73.
Maybe you ate some cereal after school
74.
While you watched Double Dare
75.
And after homework you got on your bike that had these on the wheels
76.
And rode around with the neighborhood kids til mom finished dinner.