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10 Awesome School Supplies That Made Going Back To School Almost Worth It

Back to school time was always a rough time when you were a kid. Suddenly your summer vacation was over, and you couldn't spend all your free time playing outside anymore. Fortunately, schools did have some nice fun distractions from how tough it could be, and they often made our lives that much better. Things like...

Scratch and sniff stickers were the ultimate seal of approval

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Y'know what was better than coloring with markers? When they smelled great, that's what

Sanford

Trapper Keepers, all of them

Trapper Keeper

For when holding your pencil properly was just too hard

Pen Pal

And because your pencil eraser needed to be so much cooler

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The rest of these were the REAL treats...

Those plastic scissors that never actually cut anything

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White glue, white glue errywhere

One Good Thing

The complete and total rush you got whenever these got handed out

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All of the high-tech toys that were supposed to teach us spelling

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"Educational" games on the school computers

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