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When I was a kid my mother used to help me wrap all my textbooks, although we didn't do that with other books. It seemed typical at the time (in America btw) b
by stametseater 4y ago
When I was a kid my mother used to help me wrap all my textbooks, although we didn't do that with other books. It seemed typical at the time (in America btw) but it might be a dying practice as textbooks go digital and schools give kids ipads instead.
- pessimizer 4y agoI don't know how old everyone is, but in the 80s (in the US) we would make covers for our textbooks with brown paper grocery bags. It wasn't affectionate; at the end of the year they charged you for damage (it was before modern hyperdisposable capitalism, and the same books would be used for years and multiple students.)
- stametseater 4y agoYep, brown paper bags is usually what we used. Sometimes we'd use gift wrapping paper though if there was any laying around. That was a bit less durable, but it looked nicer so I guess I was probably gentler with those books.