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02-16-2004, 03:37 PM
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Do Kids Still Wrap Their Books In Brown Paper Bag
I was just thinking about it. I remmember doing it during my elementary school days. Do they still do it?
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02-16-2004, 03:42 PM
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holy crap! i totally remember that! at my school, all hardcover
books had to be covered or else you got a fine! it was the schools way of keeping those books around extra long to they could save a few bucks...
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02-16-2004, 03:44 PM
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02-16-2004, 03:59 PM
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We never did that at all.
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02-16-2004, 04:09 PM
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They definitely don't do it at the elementary school at which I work. But I did it when I was coming up.
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02-16-2004, 04:16 PM
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I remember wrapping my books in funky book cover paper in elementary school. Didn't do that in high school because we had to buy our text books.
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02-16-2004, 04:40 PM
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Funny you should bring this up! I used to do that when I was a kid and when my 8 year-old came home and told me her math book had to be covered I brought out a trusty paper bag and covered the book with it. Then I got out the magic markers and let her decorate it. When she came home the next day, she told me that the other kids in her class loved it and wanted to know how to make them! 
I'm such a cool mom! lol 
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02-16-2004, 04:56 PM
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I used to use paper bags and the comic section. My little brothers have these stretchy cloth things they use now.
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02-16-2004, 05:34 PM
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Funny thread...
No, they do not anymore. Now you can buy book covers really cheap. They are a cloth like substanse and colorful. It is crazy what I see some of my students bring in to class!
Personally, I love wrapping them in the paper bags and decorating them. 
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02-16-2004, 05:41 PM
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Forgot to say: Some kids use clear or translucent wrap for their books. I know that this is (or was) somewhat common in Asia.
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02-16-2004, 05:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Taualumna
Forgot to say: Some kids use clear or translucent wrap for their books. I know that this is (or was) somewhat common in Asia.
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That was a big hit in my school....but heaven forbid you bought the sticky contact paper!! I think the school shot you on the spot.
All the kids today use BookSox.
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02-16-2004, 06:08 PM
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With the cost of textbooks these days, the kids don't have enough money to go to the grocery store, so most of them don't have any old brown paper bags to make into book covers.
But seriously, our kids did in high school.
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02-16-2004, 06:22 PM
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Do people still get paper bags when they go to the grocery story? Most times I get plastic. Just easier to carry from the car to the house.
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02-16-2004, 06:24 PM
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we used to have to do that, too....but the cover only lasted about 2 wks b/4 it got shredded in my desk/bookbag/etc....i never re-covered it, either....but the initial making of it was fun.
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02-16-2004, 06:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Eclipse
Do people still get paper bags when they go to the grocery story? Most times I get plastic. Just easier to carry from the car to the house.
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Most stores in Canada automatically give you plastic, but some, especially chains that come up from the US give you the option of plastic, paper or cloth (which you can bring back for later use)
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