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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Did you guys know that the average American household spends
over eight hundred dollars on supplies, clothing, and electronics.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
I believe it.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Can you imagine that per kid?
Speaker 3 (00:12):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
It doesn't say if it's per kid, but wouldn't be surprised.
I mean, that's that's a lot. That is a lot.
Backpacks didn't become popular until the nineteen eighties. Before that,
kids carried books by hand or in straps.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
You had a strap, didn't you.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
I had a satchel, That's what That's what my parents
called it. Okay, anyway, like a little briefcase. I guess
it was a satchel.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
And I don't understand, and maybe you know. I know
we don't have kids, but do you really need a
new backpack every year? Can't you just use this?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Not every year? I don't think not every year. I
don't think backpacks get bought every year.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
No, you don't think so.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I don't remember that.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
It always seems like, oh, we got to get backpacks.
It's like, yes, you said that last year.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
I'd probably be like, well, I can't carry the same back.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
But also, some of these kids will mess up stuff
real quick.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Well, that's true.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
If you get messed up, you know, well it's too.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Bad not take better carry your stuff the.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Parent.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
You have a backpack in school? Did you have a backpack?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah, Sally, what did you have? You just carried your
books by hand? You had a backpack in high school?
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Oh yeah, we didn't have backpacks in high school. Well,
and I wasn't going to carry a satchel in high school. Yeah,
I didn't want to get my butt kept.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
In the nineteen fifties, school supplied list had only a
few items, but now some have over forty. What we
were talking to uh Nick at Doris Italian market. He
said he could not believe what they required. His kid
is in. He was taking a kid to kindergarten. Yeah,
I think it was.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
It was talking about the list of stuff.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
It's like, he said, parents coming in with boxes reams
of paper, three sets of crayons, three boxes of crayons,
and it's just all this stuff.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
He was like, this is going to a potlug of something.
He said.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
There were even some parents with a little wagon rolling in.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, he said it was that bad.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
It was that bad, you know, just the amount of
stuff that's required.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Kindergarten all that he said it was a co crazy.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Did you guys know that the smell of fresh crayons
is so iconic It's in the US Library of Congress
sent archives.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Oh wow, I did not know that.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
I didn't know we had a.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I didn't know we had a scent archive either, but
we do. Gluesticks didn't reach classrooms until the late nineteen seventies.
Before that, paste and liquid glue was the norm. Oh,
I remember when I was well. I didn't sniff it,
but we did have a kid that, you know, you'd
take the top off and it had that little stick
in there and kids would eat the glue. It's like,
(02:41):
what are you doing?
Speaker 2 (02:42):
That's disgusting.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Trapper Keepers I never had. I don't think I ever
had a trapper keeperties. Yes, and they were banned in
some schools in the eighties and nineties for being too distracting.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Huh because they were loud.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Yeah, when you would like do the binder thing and
you know that clap, it will happen all the time.
They were pretty loud. Sally don't know what I'm talking about,
Like a three ring binder. I mean, that's basically what
the trapper king Keeper was. It was like just a biggot,
big old three ring binder, you know that little clamp. Well, yeah, yeah, yeah,
it was very loud.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Okay, I know what you're talking about. Yeah, back when
they actually had paper in school. Yeah, everything's on a
isn't everything on a tablet?
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Now?
Speaker 2 (03:24):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Well, Nick at Doris was selling us they had to
bring a bunch of paper.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
I don't know what's going on either.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Well, there you go back to school facts for you
for the second day back to school.
Did you guys know that the average American household spends
over eight hundred dollars on supplies, clothing, and electronics.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
I believe it.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Can you imagine that per kid?
Speaker 3 (00:12):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
It doesn't say if it's per kid, but wouldn't be surprised.
I mean, that's that's a lot. That is a lot.
Backpacks didn't become popular until the nineteen eighties. Before that,
kids carried books by hand or in straps.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
You had a strap, didn't you.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
I had a satchel, That's what That's what my parents
called it. Okay, anyway, like a little briefcase. I guess
it was a satchel.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
And I don't understand, and maybe you know. I know
we don't have kids, but do you really need a
new backpack every year? Can't you just use this?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Not every year? I don't think not every year. I
don't think backpacks get bought every year.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
No, you don't think so.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I don't remember that.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
It always seems like, oh, we got to get backpacks.
It's like, yes, you said that last year.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
I'd probably be like, well, I can't carry the same back.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
But also, some of these kids will mess up stuff
real quick.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Well, that's true.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
If you get messed up, you know, well it's too.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Bad not take better carry your stuff the.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Parent.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
You have a backpack in school? Did you have a backpack?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah, Sally, what did you have? You just carried your
books by hand? You had a backpack in high school?
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Oh yeah, we didn't have backpacks in high school. Well,
and I wasn't going to carry a satchel in high school. Yeah,
I didn't want to get my butt kept.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
In the nineteen fifties, school supplied list had only a
few items, but now some have over forty. What we
were talking to uh Nick at Doris Italian market. He
said he could not believe what they required. His kid
is in. He was taking a kid to kindergarten. Yeah,
I think it was.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
It was talking about the list of stuff.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
It's like, he said, parents coming in with boxes reams
of paper, three sets of crayons, three boxes of crayons,
and it's just all this stuff.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
He was like, this is going to a potlug of something.
He said.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
There were even some parents with a little wagon rolling in.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, he said it was that bad.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
It was that bad, you know, just the amount of
stuff that's required.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Kindergarten all that he said it was a co crazy.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Did you guys know that the smell of fresh crayons
is so iconic It's in the US Library of Congress
sent archives.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Oh wow, I did not know that.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
I didn't know we had a.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I didn't know we had a scent archive either, but
we do. Gluesticks didn't reach classrooms until the late nineteen seventies.
Before that, paste and liquid glue was the norm. Oh,
I remember when I was well. I didn't sniff it,
but we did have a kid that, you know, you'd
take the top off and it had that little stick
in there and kids would eat the glue. It's like,
(02:41):
what are you doing?
Speaker 2 (02:42):
That's disgusting.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Trapper Keepers I never had. I don't think I ever
had a trapper keeperties. Yes, and they were banned in
some schools in the eighties and nineties for being too distracting.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Huh because they were loud.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Yeah, when you would like do the binder thing and
you know that clap, it will happen all the time.
They were pretty loud. Sally don't know what I'm talking about,
Like a three ring binder. I mean, that's basically what
the trapper king Keeper was. It was like just a biggot,
big old three ring binder, you know that little clamp. Well, yeah, yeah, yeah,
it was very loud.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Okay, I know what you're talking about. Yeah, back when
they actually had paper in school. Yeah, everything's on a
isn't everything on a tablet?
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Now?
Speaker 2 (03:24):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Well, Nick at Doris was selling us they had to
bring a bunch of paper.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
I don't know what's going on either.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Well, there you go back to school facts for you
for the second day back to school.
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