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SCHOOLS ACROSS IRELAND will be using more ebooks than ever this year.
As everything continues to go digital we’re casting our minds into the future when school books will be a thing of the past, and joinedy up handwriting is a rare skill.
Here are some of the paper-related school memories that could soon be no more…
Monday 23 December, 2024
Monday 23 December, 2024
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8 schoolbook traditions future kids may never understand
SCHOOLS ACROSS IRELAND will be using more ebooks than ever this year.
As everything continues to go digital we’re casting our minds into the future when school books will be a thing of the past, and joinedy up handwriting is a rare skill.
Here are some of the paper-related school memories that could soon be no more…
1. Copies
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2. Covering your books with brown paper
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3. Inheriting books from your siblings
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4. Sophisticated graffiti
5. Learning how to do ‘joinedy-up writing’
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6. The Christmas Annuals
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7. Artistic alterations
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8. The smell of brand new school books
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