12 Things We Loved About Our Old Schooldays

5) Book Straps

Before the requirements that every child have an art set, calculator, laptop, cell phone, and a zillion other things, the book strap was easy peasy to use. But, most of us probably just carried our books in our arms and almost nobody had a bag.

4) School Book Covers

When you were issued your books at the beginning of the school year, you got the lecture about keeping them nice for the kids after you. Many a mother used brown craft paper or paper grocery bags to make them. That was, if your school had enough of each book to go round!

3) Dodgeball

Ah, the best way to get revenge on those you dislike! Not allowed in most schools or community programs these days due to the very high likelihood that someone will get hurt, this game was a real sign of the times. It was physical a lesson in getting out of the way, but even the best at it were not always successful. Eventually you’d get an overly hard throw to the face and those shin hits were surprisingly painful!