I thank Mother Nature every day that I ’m not in Gen Alpha .
It’s been a hot minute since I was in high school, but I was still NOT prepared to learn what’s been going on ever since Gen Alpha decided to… you know, become actual people instead of remaining babies forever. So if you remember elementary school and high school as taking place in the 2000s, you might wanna sit down for this.#
Like, you know that niece or nephew who barely pays attention to you and instead spends the entire family reunion with their eyes glued to their parents' phones? Yeah. That’s what school is like now, except replace yourself with a teacher trying to educate our youth.#
So, amidst all of this intensity, I thought I’d bring us all back to a better time, and share memories that only those of us who haven’t been addicted to technology since age 0 can relate to. And who knows? Maybe this is what school will go back to if the lawsuit goes through:#
1.Sitting on the bus on the way to school, with only a pair of cheap earbuds and an iPod Classic to keep you occupied.#
2.Passing physical, paper notes in class when you got bored, and risking having to read it in front of the whole class.#
3.Getting vehemently jealous of the kids who were lucky enough to be able to call each other on their Motorola Razr phones.#
4.Lugging your million-pound backpack home from school…#
5….which definitely contained one, two, or twenty of these particular textbooks…#
6….and a few binders, which progressively got heavier and messier throughout the year.#
7.Actually playing games during recess, zero technology needed — perhaps some tag, Grounders, or Red Rover, which has since beenbannedfrom many schools for being too dangerous.#
8.Beingsojealous of the kids with a massive pack of crayons or coloured pencils…#
9….and don’t forget about the best markers of all time.#
11.Playing with your Game Boy, DS, or Tamagotchi under your desk, if you were feeling rebellious…#
12….or, if you were a nerd like me, perhaps you resorted to a good ol' book, like the classicDiary of a Wimpy Kidseries.#
13.Knowing the greatest class ever was about to happen when your teacher brought in a TV on wheels and started playingBill Nyethe Science Guy.#
14.Logging online as soon as you got home to chat with your friends on MSN messenger…#
15….or playing a classic game ofThe Sims.#
16.Needing one of these on the back of your pencil after only a few days of school.#
17.And finally, spending weeks learning cursive in class, which was honestly my favourite thing I’ve ever learned in school.#
Ahhh, feels better to relive the good old days, doesn’t it? Let’s keep it going, then — let us know what other memories you have from elementary, middle and high school. And if you’re not one of the youngins affected by the lawsuit, you should probably follow BuzzFeed Canada onTikTokandInstagramto keep yourself posted.#






















