| When I graduated HS and was heading off to | | | | from Target. Amazing! There is a $5.00 coupon |
| college, the year was 1983, I remember it well, as I | | | | attached with a bar code (next year will probably be |
| was the Senior Class President and soon I would be | | | | an RFID Chip) and it is jam packed with stuff I could |
| the low-man on the Totem Pole all over again. I | | | | only dream of back in the day - and with a forward |
| remember the Back-to-School ads targeting | | | | thinking innovative mind, I probably did too! |
| graduating high school seniors on their way to college. | | | | Inside is a set of speakers made for an iPhone |
| Back then we didn't have cell phones, well, we did | | | | docking station to play tunes, Xbox 360 Arcade |
| but the cost was exorbitant - how about $.70 to | | | | Console, iPad like computer, iPods, Digital Recorder, |
| $1.00 per minute? Now then, perhaps like you I've | | | | Graphic Calculator for calculus, memory sticks, |
| been getting the same back-to-school ads in my mail | | | | custom small printers, digital cameras, digital video |
| box. | | | | cameras, entertainment centers, coffee pots, |
| Recently, I've gotten them from Office Depot, | | | | microwaves, backpacks, cleaning supplies, bathroom |
| OfficeMax, Staples, Target, Walmart, and quite a | | | | supplies, and Mountain Dew by the case? OMG! I |
| few others. Dell has sent me their catalog, so has | | | | wish. And what parents are supposed to buy all this |
| Apple, and other electronic manufacturers. In my day | | | | for their kids - that is insane? Let Obama's Stimulus |
| there were electronics, but they were things like a | | | | pay for it - have you seen the price of tuition these |
| Texas Instrument mathematics calculator, a Casio | | | | days? |
| calculator watch, and all sorts of Boom Boxes. You | | | | With all these distractions how on earth is the kid |
| could get a TRS-80 computer, which is hilarious | | | | suppose to graduate? About the only thing that |
| considering what we have today, you'd have been | | | | wasn't in the catalog was the alcohol that kids drink |
| better off with the TI calculator to tell you the truth. | | | | in college. I think we are spoiling our kids, and perhaps |
| They also had typewriters, IBM, and other brands. I | | | | we need to get back to learning, not shower them |
| already had a small one that was electric and it made | | | | with all the material goods of the rich and famous. |
| corrections by changing the cartridge. Now flash | | | | We need to teach them to fish, not load them up |
| forward and here I am reading my "College Essentials | | | | with everything but a fish tank for their dorm room! |
| 2010 - Everything - College Guide" full color | | | | Please consider all this. |
| newspaper size advertisement and marketing piece | | | | |