Showing posts with label School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label School. Show all posts
Thursday, April 22, 2021

The Classic Public School Pizza Recipe

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Long derided by snooty food critics entirely too old to be eating in school cafeterias anyway, The classic American Public School Pizz...
Sunday, October 06, 2019

Those Little $30 Chinese Tablet/Netbook Computers: Are They Worth It?

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Photo: eBay You've probably seen these little 7" inch Android tablets with sleek keyboard cases that resemble '80s/'90...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Anti-Bullying Message from 1949

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Looking at the headlines since the election of President-elect Trump, the message is sadly every bit as relevant today as it was in 1949.
Sunday, September 06, 2015

Back To School: Vintage School Supplies

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Friday, April 17, 2015

The Lunch Man and Lunch Tunes Lunch Boxes (1986)

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The Lunch Man and Lunch Tunes lunch boxes were basic kids lunch boxes with one striking difference; They had built-in radios and head...
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Friday, April 10, 2015

The Elves And The Shoemaker (Scholastic Records, 1975)

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More on the Scholastic Book Club .  
Monday, January 12, 2015

The Bell & Howell Language Master

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First post of the year, I hope this finds you well (or at least better than I've been with a fever and head cold.) The Bell ...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

The School Lunch Crisis

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Image: KCPQ-TV You may have heard about the outrageous incident in Kent, WA recently when a student who was 26 cents short on his schoo...
Thursday, May 01, 2014

Remember May Day Baskets?

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Remember when we used to make May Day Baskets out of brightly coloured construction paper and our crayons? It was a lot more fun than ...
Sunday, February 23, 2014

The Red Balloon (Le Balon Rouge, 1956)

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I've always loved this little French movie. For three reasons. First, there was almost no dialogue whatsoever in the film. This w...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Trapper Keeper

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Let's face it. In high school back in the '80s, a Trapper Keeper was MANDATORY. No kid would be caught dead without one.  In 1980...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Take 10 Minutes To Learn The Metric Way!

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Ahhh......the metric system. To this day the US, Burma (Myanmar) and Liberia are the only nations in the world who have not formally ado...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

Crayola Crayons

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Who didn't own themselves a box of THESE? Remember these now retired colours? Green Blue Orange Red Orange Yellow Violet Blue...
Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Halloween Hits: Georgie - Scholastic Records 1968

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                                        And the B-Side:  Mother Ghost Nursery Rhymes and Other Tricks and Treats I...