[Vella Gonzaga]

School book labels​

​

Credits: Memory Lane - Growing up in Australia/Facebook

Have you ever collected those old-school book labels? The excitement of carefully peeling them off your textbooks, swapping duplicates with friends, and proudly displaying your rarest finds. Do you have fond memories of collecting these? Share your memories below.

 

[Veggiepatch]

That kitten is SOOO cute!

 

[Bob’s Buddy]

Thank you so much for the memory! Absolutely loved them, the beginning of each new school year, sometimes a new bag( I still remember the smell of my new bag.), new pencils, Loved picking out the labels I liked best and Mum covering my book for me. Can see some of them still, sort of clearly in mind.

 

[PepeLePew]

When I went to school we took great pride in covering our books with brown paper then putting these name labels on the front and following that with a covering of plastic. Even did this for my children for a few years but 20 odd years ago when my youngest son was in Grade 5 I found out his school took all the kids extra books for the year and put them in a cupboard along with extra pencils etc. Colouring in pencils/crayons became communal. As a student filled a book/needed a new pencil they were given another from the cupboard but not necessarily their own. Found this out when he came home with another child's book. Asked for all his belongings back as there were families who were familiar with this routine so didn't bother to purchase any necessities for their kids and just relied on other parents to supply their kids school staples. Although I was a single parent on Centrelink payments, I always made sure my children had everything they needed but I certainly couldn't afford to pay for other children.
By the time my grandkids went to Primary school this was the norm. NO NAMES were to be put on any books/pencils/rulers/crayons etc as they were to be shared amongst all the children in the classroom.
Apparently this is done so that a child whose parents can't afford to buy an expensive felt pen set isn't made to feel like come from an underprivileged family or if given a book with another child's name, said child wouldn't realise he was being given charity. WTAF. All these kids are in for a huge wake up call when they get to High School and find out they have to have all their own equipment.

 

[Veggiepatch]

When I went to school we took great pride in covering our books with brown paper then putting these name labels on the front and following that with a covering of plastic. Even did this for my children for a few years but 20 odd years ago when my youngest son was in Grade 5 I found out his school took all the kids extra books for the year and put them in a cupboard along with extra pencils etc. Colouring in pencils/crayons became communal. As a student filled a book/needed a new pencil they were given another from the cupboard but not necessarily their own. Found this out when he came home with another child's book. Asked for all his belongings back as there were families who were familiar with this routine so didn't bother to purchase any necessities for their kids and just relied on other parents to supply their kids school staples. Although I was a single parent on Centrelink payments, I always made sure my children had everything they needed but I certainly couldn't afford to pay for other children.
By the time my grandkids went to Primary school this was the norm. NO NAMES were to be put on any books/pencils/rulers/crayons etc as they were to be shared amongst all the children in the classroom.
Apparently this is done so that a child whose parents can't afford to buy an expensive felt pen set isn't made to feel like come from an underprivileged family or if given a book with another child's name, said child wouldn't realise he was being given charity. WTAF. All these kids are in for a huge wake up call when they get to High School and find out they have to have all their own equipment.

Oh the days....

Now it's all laptops and today's high school students couldn't cite Pythagoras' theory without consulting Google!

 

[Bob’s Buddy]

When I went to school we took great pride in covering our books with brown paper then putting these name labels on the front and following that with a covering of plastic. Even did this for my children for a few years but 20 odd years ago when my youngest son was in Grade 5 I found out his school took all the kids extra books for the year and put them in a cupboard along with extra pencils etc. Colouring in pencils/crayons became communal. As a student filled a book/needed a new pencil they were given another from the cupboard but not necessarily their own. Found this out when he came home with another child's book. Asked for all his belongings back as there were families who were familiar with this routine so didn't bother to purchase any necessities for their kids and just relied on other parents to supply their kids school staples. Although I was a single parent on Centrelink payments, I always made sure my children had everything they needed but I certainly couldn't afford to pay for other children.
By the time my grandkids went to Primary school this was the norm. NO NAMES were to be put on any books/pencils/rulers/crayons etc as they were to be shared amongst all the children in the classroom.
Apparently this is done so that a child whose parents can't afford to buy an expensive felt pen set isn't made to feel like come from an underprivileged family or if given a book with another child's name, said child wouldn't realise he was being given charity. WTAF. All these kids are in for a huge wake up call when they get to High School and find out they have to have all their own equipment.

When I went to school we took great pride in covering our books with brown paper then putting these name labels on the front and following that with a covering of plastic. Even did this for my children for a few years but 20 odd years ago when my youngest son was in Grade 5 I found out his school took all the kids extra books for the year and put them in a cupboard along with extra pencils etc. Colouring in pencils/crayons became communal. As a student filled a book/needed a new pencil they were given another from the cupboard but not necessarily their own. Found this out when he came home with another child's book. Asked for all his belongings back as there were families who were familiar with this routine so didn't bother to purchase any necessities for their kids and just relied on other parents to supply their kids school staples. Although I was a single parent on Centrelink payments, I always made sure my children had everything they needed but I certainly couldn't afford to pay for other children.
By the time my grandkids went to Primary school this was the norm. NO NAMES were to be put on any books/pencils/rulers/crayons etc as they were to be shared amongst all the children in the classroom.
Apparently this is done so that a child whose parents can't afford to buy an expensive felt pen set isn't made to feel like come from an underprivileged family or if given a book with another child's name, said child wouldn't realise he was being given charity. WTAF. All these kids are in for a huge wake up call when they get to High School and find out they have to have all their own equipment.

 

[Bob’s Buddy]

Sorry top reply went wrong.In reply to PePeLePew’s point-That is ridiculous, no one wants other children to feel bad for having less, but that is life. I remember trying to trade my crusty honey or jam sandwich or even treasured Vegemite sandwich for another girl’s lovely salad sandwich just because other kids were trading but knew it wouldn’t happen. Children are children let them learn to take pride in their belongings that their parents worked hard for, regardless if they meet to other people’s expectations. My husband said this sharing of items, no name on things etc. is to get them ready for the idea that they own nothing, Communism.

 

[marg@1955]

me too, think I had that Mark Holden one...lol