My 5th grade teacher specifically said she wouldn’t allow them in the class. She told parents she wanted us to have a plain blue binder (the one that was covered in blue fabric), some dividers and paper. She then proceeded to teach us something no there before or after spent time on: how to properly organize our work. You were awesome, Dr. Cross!
A Brief History of Trapper Keepers.
Submitted 3 weeks ago by PriorityMotif@lemmy.world to retronet@lemmy.sdf.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Z2dydGdsQ
tuckerm@feddit.online 3 weeks ago
Haha, I remember the teachers' back-to-school letters always saying, "A plain three ring binder is all your child will need. Excessively large binders are only a distraction."
And then every kid shows up with the biggest, puffiest Trapper Keeper with all of these pockets and compartments and embossed shiny pictures of football players on them.
miguel@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
We had peechees, no compartments or anything to speak of and still managed to use them for artistic expression.
The distraction was coming from inside the student