Old School Blog

This blog contains school journal entries written in small, orange School Exercise Books from 1980, 1981 & 1982. These journals document parts of the 7th, 8th & 9th years of my life. Some of it is funny.

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Tuesday, May 25, 1982

I am going to be in one of my daddy's movies.

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Friday, May 16, 1980

Yesterday I got new suspenders.

Friday, May 16, 1980

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Wednesday, May 6, 1981

Today is a PA Day but I have hebrew school.

Wednesday, May 6, 1981

Grateful Dead Live at Nassau Coliseum on 1981-05-06

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Tuesday, May 6, 1980

Today I am going to hebrew school.

Tuesday, May 6, 1980

Grateful Dead Live at Rec Hall, Penn State U on 1980-05-06

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Tuesday, May 5, 1981

Today I brought a Plant to school.

(Photo courtesy of Jason Pegg)

Tuesday, May 5, 1981

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Thursday, April 29, 1982

Yesterday I walked for the Youth of Israel.

Thursday, April 29, 1982

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Wednesday, April 28, 1982

Today two of my Grandmothers are coming to Tom Sawyer.

Wednesday, April 28, 1982

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Tuesday, April 27, 1982

Today my mom and dad are coming to see Tom Sawyer.

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Wednesday, April 21, 1982

I got a thing of Jerusalem and it broke.

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Monday, April 13, 1981

Tomorrow I'm sleeping over at miss: Turgin because my mom is going out with her Friend's and my Dad is working late so they don't have time to pick me up.

April 13, 1981

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Friday, April 10, 1981

Today caroline taught me how to make rabbits.

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Tuesday, April 6, 1982

One day I was watching TV.  Aaron said a card and it came up.  It was a 10.

Tuesday, April 6, 1982

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Friday, April 3, 1981

Tomorrow I'm going to Carolann's Easter Party.

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Thursday, April 1, 1982

"Knock knock"!

"who's there?"

"Flash"

"Flash who"!

Flash the toilet.

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Tuesday, March 31, 1981

Yesterday when I went to miss Turgin's I watched President Reagan and he is living.

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Monday, March 30, 1981

Yesterday I got new stickers and on sunday April 12th my mom is talking my two friends to a movie and taking them out to MacDonalds because they didn't get to come to my birthday.

Question:  Do smelly (scratch & sniff) stickers still smell after 30 years? Answer:  Ya they do!  Garfield pizza sticker takes me back.

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Monday, March 29, 1982

In the March break I saw Robin Hood and I made a puppet.