Let me take you on a trip down the memory lane 😊
You will agree with me that each generation of students will have a distinct way to remember their school years.
There is nothing that could really match the excitement of stocking up on quirky stationery supplies because that’s the only thing we could flaunt to our classmates back then!
My generation that’s the mid 80’s-90’s were obsessed with these stationery items –
1.If you owned a multi purpose pencil box with multiple functions then you have the pencil case of your dreams.
2.The single multi colour pens.Why bother to have four separate pens when one could do?
3.Using ink pens – especially the hero pens with the logo just above the nib.Prized possession.
4.Push-up pencils – you can’t afford losing the tiny lead inside the white plastic.Biggest fear then😊
5.The slim lead pencils for which you bought the lead separately.The most irritating part being the breaking of the lead while inserting it into the pencil.Who makes such leads which cannot even handle the tiniest of pressure??
6.The Camel\Helix-Oxford geometry box.I need to confess here “I have till date never used the set squares”.
7.Full utilization of the resources ,something we learnt very young-sharpening the pencil on both sides,using one note book for multiple subjects by just folding pages in a triangle shape to divide the book (looked more like a samosa with a line in the middle).
8.Selecting the name labels with your favorite characters and not to forget the stickers that go along to enhance the beauty of the cover.
What an irony – Today’s kids barely have books to carry and are offered lockers in school on the other hand we had bags heavier than our BMI and it never got addressed.
School reopens for my kids soon and all their excitement and shopping has rekindled some of my old memories.
Please share your memories too 😊
Blessmesai 