I Regret To Inform You, But If You Remember Literally Any Of These 50 Things From Elementary School, You're Officially Old

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1.If you've ever pure joy you felt when this TV got rolled in...

Old TV on a cart with a VCR below, reminiscent of classroom setups in the late 1990s to early 2000s

2.If you've ever washed your hands with this strange pink soap that only existed in schools...

Soap dispenser attached to a tiled wall, containing pink liquid soap

3.Or this kind of soap...

Hand catching Boraxo powdered soap from dispenser with "Moisten hands before using" instruction
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4.Probably in a sink like this...

A round, stone-wash bathroom sink with a hands-free soap dispenser in a public restroom. Urinals and tiled walls are visible in the background
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5.If you've ever hoped and prayed for your food of choice while looking at a cafeteria calendar...

March 2003 lunch menu for Texarkana Independent School District. Menu includes food options for each weekday and notes "spring break" from March 17th-21st
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6.If you've ever been assured getting underneath one of these will protect you from a nuclear bomb...

old desk

7.If you've ever been flung off one of these at 100 mph...

playground equipment
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8.If you've watched someone open one of these markers and immediately smelled its intense aroma...

Sanford King Size permanent marker with a black cap and striped design, lying on a white surface

9.If you've ever had to use this in a classroom...

chalk
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10.If you've ever looked up and gazed upon the giant cursive letters all around the room...

Alphabet wall in a classroom showing letters G, H, I, J, K, and L with images of a goat, hat, iguana, and blank cards for J, K, and L

11.And wrote some cursive on a piece of paper like this...

Lined paper sheet with solid and dashed lines for handwriting practice

12.If you remember using these scissors that made your fingers feel IMMEDIATELY sore...

Two vintage metal scissors with wear and rust are placed on a wooden surface, blades closed, resembling the shape of glasses

13.If you've ever stabbed your eraser so much it ended up looking like this...

Hand holding a well-used eraser with numerous small black dots and markings, with the background showing part of a bed
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14.If you ever tried to push all three levers of this pen down at the same time...

Two multicolor pens with color samples on paper: teal, lime, purple, pink on the left; purple, pink, yellow, orange on the right

15.If you've eaten that ice cream that seemed to only be available at school...

A small plastic cup filled with vanilla ice cream featuring swirls of chocolate syrup. The Gmark logo is visible in the top right corner
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16.If you ever used these little cute erasers that did not erase, only smudged further...

A collection of small, fruit-shaped erasers featuring designs such as watermelon slices, oranges, bananas, strawberries, cherries, and apples
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17.If you've ever sat in that unmistakable art class stool...

A metal stool with four legs and a circular seat. The stool has a footrest ring near the base of the legs

18.If you've ever fallen asleep in the back of class to a scene like this one...

A person is seen writing on a paper with an overhead projector displaying a chart and shadows of hands. Several people are seated in the background
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19.If you've ever created a masterpiece with this...

An open watercolor paint set with eight different colors and a paintbrush inside a yellow plastic case
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20.If you've ever opened up the sharpener to clean it out and smelled that unmistakable pencil shavings smell...

Old-fashioned wall-mounted pencil sharpener with a crank handle on a wooden block
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21.If you remember first catching a glimpse of the hallowed Ball Room in gym class...

A storage room filled with various sports equipment including exercise balls, mats, and hula hoops. Shelves are lined with colorful items and boxes
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22.If your school had a cafeteria and the auditorium being the same room AKA the CAFETORIUM...

A large, empty school cafeteria with long tables and benches. A stage with a wooden floor, blue curtains, and a white screen is in the background. An American flag is visible
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23.If you've accidentally dropped one of these on the ground and saw it EXPLODE everywhere:

Plastic Spacemaker pencil box with a dimpled surface and purple bottom, placed on a wooden surface

24.If you still remember the fool-proof way to draw a bird...

Text reads: "WHO REMEMBERS DRAWING BIRDS LIKE THIS?" with simple V-shaped drawings of birds in between the text

25.If you've ever felt that unmistakable static from one of these chairs...

A classroom chair with a molded plastic seat and backrest, metal legs, and a radiator in the background
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26.If you remember eating one the best lunches imaginable: Chicken Patty Day...

A fish patty sandwich in a tray with a blue background. The sandwich has a bread bun and a breaded fish patty
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27.If you've ever spent way too long learning how to spell bad words in your calculator...

A Casio fx-300MS scientific calculator on a wooden surface, displaying "80085". The calculator cover shows quick reference guides for various mathematical functions

28.If you ever did math with these little blocks...

Plastic base ten blocks of various configurations: single cubes, rods of ten, flat squares of hundred cubes, and stacked rods

29.If you remember those Halloween decorations that seemed to just appear...

Vintage Halloween decorations feature smiling jack-o'-lanterns, witches, a black cat, an owl, a spooky house, and a black cat on a pumpkin with a witch hat

30.If you remember those days in gym class where you had to put on a pinny that reeked of stale sweat...

A collection of colorful sports pinnies arranged in a circle, with a red rectangular piece of fabric placed nearby
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31.If you ever ran your hand along the wall exactly like this...

A hand with a pointing finger touches a textured brick wall, highlighting a narrow groove between bricks

32.If you ever told time on one of these little yellow clocks...

Three mini-clock educational tools branded "Judy," each displaying different times: 3:00, 2:00, and 6:20

33.If you ever once truly believed that the blue part of this eraser could erase ink...

Two-sided Doppel Läufer eraser with "Universal-0440" text, used for removing pencil marks

34.If you've ever drawn this exact sun on the corner of a page...

Drawing with a sun in the corner, above text: "Admit it, you always put the sun in the corner of the paper when drawing."

35.If you've ever given yourself a lead "shot"...

Person writing notes on their arm with a pen while studying from an open book
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36.If you remember sitting in those chairs with tennis balls on them...

Classroom with chairs placed upside down on desks, each chair leg fitted with a tennis ball
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37.If you've felt invincible after opening a fresh box of mechanical pencil lead...

A container of Pentel Hi-Polymer Super HB lead refills, 0.7mm size, with a blue cap, containing 30 pieces of lead for mechanical pencils

38.And then broke your pencil for no reason...

A close-up of a hand breaking a blue mechanical pencil with the text: "brain: break, me: why? brain: you gotta."

39.If you've ever prayed to the snow gods...

Tweet from @MikeDubsRadio: "I feel bad for kids nowadays, they just get to see if school is closed on the Internet. They’ll never have the excitement of waiting to see your school scroll across the bottom of the tv screen like it’s the NFL Draft."
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40.If you've drawn some masterpieces using this ruler...

Clear plastic stencil with letters A-Z, numbers 1-9, and various shapes including stars, circles, triangles, and transport icons held by a hand with red nails
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41.If you've put glue all over your hand and peeled it off like a madman...

A close-up of a hand peeling off a translucent layer of skin-like material
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42.If you've prepared for battle with a sword made out of markers...

Link from The Legend of Zelda slashing with a sword, with the text "No one:" and "Me in the third grade:" showing multiple pens as the sword

43.If you collected all sorts of box tops in an effort to raise money...

A pile of Box Tops for Education coupons with varying expiration dates, used to raise money for schools
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44.If you've put your hand on one of these tables in a science class and felt how cold it always was...

Empty science classroom with rows of lab tables, stools, cabinets, and sinks under large windows. No people present
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45.If you've ever pulled this trick...

can wrapped in alumnium foil

46.If you played on a splinter-full playground like this...

A large, elaborate wooden playground structure with slides, bridges, and towers, designed to resemble a castle, set in an outdoor park

47.If you know what goes inside these...

Four small treasure chest toys, one open and three closed. The chests are brightly colored and made of plastic
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48.If you've stayed home sick and spent the entire day watching this guy...

game show host Bob Barker poses by one of the game props at CBS Studios to celebrate his 30th anniversary as host of "The Price Is Right"
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49.If you've ever covered a text book in just a bunch of paper to keep it safe...

A thick book with red edges is wrapped in a plain brown paper cover, revealing only the spine and edge of the pages
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50.And if you've clapped together two erasers and saw that big giant toxic cloud of smoke...

A dusty chalkboard eraser rests on a ledge beneath a chalkboard
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Then I'm sorry, you are officially old.

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