Who remembers sitting in this type desk in elementary school?

[Eagle_Eye]

Just a little nostalgia to break the boredom of current events.

Do you know what the hole was for?

 

[Adolf_Twitler]

Yes, it was a hole for an ink well!

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Yes, it was a hole for an ink well!

You beat me to it!

The underneath was where you stuck your gum so the teacher wouldn't see you chewing it.

 

[Eagle_Eye]

I knew that was too easy I'll try harder next time.

 

[cawacko]

Just a little nostalgia to break the boredom of current events.

Do you know what the hole was for?

As a Gen Xer I feel like we still had those. Got me thinking how long it's been since I've been in a classroom. I'm assuming kids don't use those today? haha

 

[Mason Michaels]

We had these in the early grades,a bit darker wood,then later ones similar to EE's original post.

 

[evince]

I never sat in one that old


I was schooled in So Cal in the 60s and on


pretty much all new schools with new equipment

 

[Bobb]

There are still elementary schools that use that style of desk.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

I knew that was too easy I'll try harder next time.

Nah, it brought back some memories. My mom was a letter-writer. She only used a fountain pen with an inkwell. Her cursive was beautiful. I used to lean over the table and watch her write and ask her what it said because we hadn't learned cursive in school yet. She told me it was magic. I really thought that the pen was what enabled the mysterious and beautiful writing and one day when she was downstairs doing laundry I got it out to try it myself. Oh boy, did that make a mess. And there was no magic writing either. lol

 

[Adolf_Twitler]

I knew that was too easy I'll try harder next time.

You just forgot all about the old farts like me- Who witnessed who chopped down the cherry tree!