Kids/Teens: Do kids still pass handwritten notes to one another at school?

This question makes me wonder what ever happened to my shoebox full of notes from school…

@ANef_is_Enuf My box is the size of a huge boot box ..and it is stuffed. I’m having a hard time deciding whether I should keep the notes ..or recycle them. It is interesting to see, and remember, the different dramas we had at school though.

@PluckyDog I would keep it. I think stuff like that is fun to go back and look through years later. I know that I kept mine for a long time, but I don’t think I’ve seen that box since I moved in with my husband 7 years ago. I want to look for it now… I wonder if I even have it anymore. GQ.

@ANef_is_Enuf Yeah, it is currently in my keep pile any ways ..lol. Now you have to go search for your box!

I hope so… would be a bit sad if they didn’t hey?

The kids in my town still have to write notes. The K-8 school district has strict policies about not using phones during school hours, including recess and lunch; if a student is caught using or even getting a call that rings, they’ll lose it for a week.

The high school is more liberal, but phones are not allowed to be used in a classroom.

Occasionally, yeah. It’s exceedingly rare in my school, though. My friend and I used to pass drawings back and forth to each other in my science class two years ago, and her doodling skills put mine to shame. But with everyone having cellphones now, it’s more convenient to send a text message than it is a note. And less noticeable.

Well, cell phones in high school are being confiscated when used during class were I live. So if a boy wants to impress his crush good ‘ol handwritten notes will have to do.

@mattbrowne Our school technically has a policy against cellphones, but it isn’t really widely enforced or followed XD

@Joker94 – My wife is a teacher. In her school students can bring their cell phones with them, but they must be completely turned off during class. During breaks and outside of the classroom they can use them.

@Joker94 Yeah, I could see it being hard to enforce. I think it would be pretty easy to hide texting – as long as you don’t have sounds going off.

It’s apparently pretty easy to hide texting. I’m terrible at it, but I rarely text in class unless it’s something important. Besides, the fear of getting caught usually just makes me text in between classes.

Yepp.
We still do. Notes are so much better to pass around in class than texts since we always get caught.
And anyway, we like throwing paper balls across the room to each other when the teacher’s back is turned ;)

Well, it’s good to know the old paper notes haven’t completely disapeared from schools. Mostly because it makes me not feel too old. :P

Thank you for the replies. :)

I think they text now.

I do, all my friends do, and the classroom is always a big mess. Ahh I like passing notes to my friends. Most of the times I make them laugh and we get caught, but I don’t really care.

School sucks. Really.