We still get a newspaper delivered to our house on the weekends. Gary especially likes to read the paper. I skim it and read articles that catch my attention. Occasionally I will read an article in the newspaper and want to share it with a friend. So, I fold in newspaper, get out of my chair, go to the drawer where we keep our scissors, unfold the newspaper and starting cutting out the article.
Every time I get my scissors out and start cutting the newspaper, it brings me back to elementary school. For homework, we would have to clip news articles and bring them in to share with the class. For some reason, I enjoyed doing that, and still enjoy the act of cutting out an article today, and sharing it.
Gary enjoyed having that assignment as a kid too, and we wondered if they do that anymore in elementary school…probably not, because I would imagine most younger adults don’t get a newspaper, and if they do, they get it online. We only get the Saturday and Sunday editions of the newspaper, but that’s enough because we, too, get news online.
I have a friend who also enjoys sharing articles, and every once in a while, we send one to each other. I know now-a-days it’s easy to scan an article, but that’s not as much fun as getting the paper copy, especially via snail mail.
Gary and I also remembered getting the Weekly Reader in elementary school, which we is another assignment we both enjoyed. I remember our sons got a version of the Weekly Reader when they were in elementary school, so I’m assuming it still exists in some form these days.
I haven’t thought of The Weekly Reader in decades. I, too, loved getting that in school.
I don’t ever recall getting assignments to clip newspaper articles. I can’t even remember if we got a paper as a young child. Budget may have factored into that. But…, as you know, I ended up pursuing a journalism degree and then working as a newspaper reporter and photographer, continuing today as a freelancer. I still like a physical, in-print copy to hold and read.
It’s interesting that you didn’t have to clip articles from the paper…
I’m glad you became a journalist and photographer. I do enjoy your blog postings!