• 👽🍻👽@lemmy.world
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    One of the more mischievous kids in my third grade class was the son of the high school chem teacher. He purchased a chemistry set at the book fair that year. He and another kid took it into the bathroom by the cafeteria and drank a few “experiments” from the kit in the box. They both got violently sick and an ambulance came. I’m really glad I stuck with my Box Car Children collection and Calvin and Hobbes book mark that year.

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      Huh, my schools never had kits like that at the book fairs. Just books, pencils, erasers, folders.

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        Yup. Ours had some really expensive hobby items in addition to the books and book accessories. They had a rock tumbler kit one year I remember wanting really bad. My grandparents ended up getting me one for Christmas. I recall a telescope one year as well.

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    That snuck up on us and we sent our 1st grader in with a $100 bill and a note saying to only let him spend $20. The neighbor 1st grader asked us if we are rich after that…

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      You gave a first grader a 100$ bill, only a well off middle class suburbanite household would do that lol

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        I don’t know that my mother has even ever seen $100 bill outside of work (she handles the petty cash and payroll).

        Edit: I realize this is a bit vague. I was raised by a single mother. My father has almost certainly never had $100 bills.

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    1 year ago

    To anyone interested the picture is of le sapeur from Congo. Look it up, these guys are awesome.

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    It was always a bad day when the books got delivered and you were one of the kids who didn’t get the latest Funny Faces tracing book.