I have to wonder about that sometimes. I wondered if it was a cost issue, initially...
Anyone remember Pee-Chees?
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Cost for who???
Parents trying to keep up with the trends, Nerys.
Hm...possibly.
But I saw it go to even greater extremes when I was in middle school. Not only did you have to have the same binder--we were actually told to a T EXACTLY how we were supposed to organize our binders, what papers in what order and what subjects and blah blah blah blah. And we had random binder checks. If they shook your binder and anything fell out, you got a 0. Or if you had anything out of order--points off.
God, that was draconian...if they're going to have a school system THAT strict, I feel I should have at least gotten an eidetic memory and the ability to deflect a Vulcan mind meld out of the deal...
They were banned when I was in school cause they were deemed to be to high a theft risk (okay) and to much a distraction to the kids (okay). I never liked them anyway cause they couldn't take a pounding like a regular three-ring binder could.
They made nice weapons too
Had these for years and years. I also hit right on the cusp of the change between the Pee-Chee and the Trapper Keeper. Had a ton of the Pee-Chees. May even have a few in boxes still. Don't remember having the Trappers, though I also remember the school district where I was not liking them much and within a couple of years after they came out, I converted to just carrying a backpack with me.
Which was the perfect excuse to get a new one each semester.
Which is why they banned them in the mid-80's actually.
I did have one, when I was maybe 4 circa 1980:
But after that they were all plastic.
I carried my trapper keeper in my totally awesome JanSport backpack (also, new one required each semester!).
When I was a kid, I remember a ruckus in a nearby school district over banning Trapper Keepers. I think it had something to do with kids hiding drugs/weapons inside of them. I guess the idea was that a smaller notebook or folder couldn't have anything hidden, or not as easily anyway.
Rather stupid.
Which is why they banned them in the mid-80's actually.
I did have one, when I was maybe 4 circa 1980:
But after that they were all plastic.
I carried my trapper keeper in my totally awesome JanSport backpack (also, new one required each semester!).
really? thats weird b/c I was born in 1973, Florida, and I remember having 2 metal lunchboxes, a Raggedy Ann & Andy one & later a Muppets one. And they were purchased new from the store, not hand me downs.
pee chees were before my time but I had the Trapper Keepers. Also did anyone remember the folders that were shaped like LP covers?
You wanna see naughty, you should have seen some of the "creative" ways people used to "augment" the drawings on the cover; Again, especially that tennis player.
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I had family working at the THERMOS company plant in Taftvill Connecticut so I always got THE latest and greatest lunchboxes right off the line. Once I was able to impress a girl (GRADE SCHOOL) by getting her a Strawberry Shortcake themed box and Thermos from my uncle.
Sad day when that plant closed down...
Trapper-keepers were at first banned by the school but after two meetings it boiled down to the old farts in power simply feared anything "new" and they were removed by a vote. I remember that clearly because shortly after that we started actually getting computer stuff in the classrooms. Yeah, apple II vintage but hey, that's better than the Vic 20 they kept under lock and key.
Sad day when that plant closed down...
Trapper-keepers were at first banned by the school but after two meetings it boiled down to the old farts in power simply feared anything "new" and they were removed by a vote. I remember that clearly because shortly after that we started actually getting computer stuff in the classrooms. Yeah, apple II vintage but hey, that's better than the Vic 20 they kept under lock and key.
Pee Cheese?
I had a trapper-keeper as a kid. It was the 80s. sue me.
My niece starts First Grade in a week, few weeks ago her mother (my SiL) got the school-supply list which specificly said that the child should have a folder/organizer but not one with velcro or a trapper keeper.
Oh, anyone else remember when crayon/pencil boxes were called "cigar boxes" yeah, as you can imagine, not so much anymore.
I had a trapper-keeper as a kid. It was the 80s. sue me.
My niece starts First Grade in a week, few weeks ago her mother (my SiL) got the school-supply list which specificly said that the child should have a folder/organizer but not one with velcro or a trapper keeper.
Oh, anyone else remember when crayon/pencil boxes were called "cigar boxes" yeah, as you can imagine, not so much anymore.
Yeah, that website isn't right about metal lunchboxes being banned in 1972. I grew up in Florida and we all had metal lunchboxes. My favorite was my Space: 1999 lunchbox (I actually still have it). I remember having a Buck Rogers lunchbox and that series didn't start until 1979.Which is why they banned them in the mid-80's actually.
I did have one, when I was maybe 4 circa 1980:
But after that they were all plastic.
I carried my trapper keeper in my totally awesome JanSport backpack (also, new one required each semester!).
really? thats weird b/c I was born in 1973, Florida, and I remember having 2 metal lunchboxes, a Raggedy Ann & Andy one & later a Muppets one. And they were purchased new from the store, not hand me downs.
pee chees were before my time but I had the Trapper Keepers. Also did anyone remember the folders that were shaped like LP covers?
I had metal Adam-12 and Emergency lunchboxes. After lucnch we used to line our lunchboxes against the wall outside the cafeteria while we played on the playground. Occasionally some bully would come by and toss some up on to the school's roof. I lost my Adam-12 box that way and never got it back.
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