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October 05, 2009
Old books
old schoolbooks, originally uploaded by -liyen-.
Hello faithful blog people. No, I have not abandoned you, though it sure seems like it. As part of my "refocusing effort," I am going to make a better attempt to update this thing.
Anyway, I was thinking today. Remember the old school books we used to get? They'd be reused every year. I, regrettably, was in elementary school in the 80's and early 90's. One of the things I remember the most was how on the first day of school, we'd get our textbooks. Then, we'd have to write down the number of the book, tell the teacher, and then write our names in the book. Then the teacher would write down the number of the book, so that everybody knew whom each book belonged to.
It was always a lot of anticipation for me, because I always looked to see who had my book the previous year. Was it somebody smart? Somebody dumb? A troublemaker? Then you could look back over the years, and see the names of its previous owners. Stretching all the way back to the 1970's, sometimes. It was incredible to think how long those books were in circulation.
I wonder if any books of mine are still in circulation. Do you think there's some kid out there, who would see my name scribbled in next to the year 1997, and think about how long ago that was? Do they realize that some day, 10 years from now, somebody might do the same thing to them?
Or, I suppose, we could get updated text books, and my name would be confined to the scrap heap.
entry no. 1407
Posted at October 5, 2009 03:42 PM