Notes: Back in my day, back-to-school shopping meant a few No. 2 pencils, a Bic pen, and a packet of loose leaf paper. Nowadays, all the new technological school supplies have parents running scared when they hear the words “Back to school.” Technology is supposed to create ease in our lives, but sometimes I wonder if it just muddles up everything to the point of insanity. Maybe we should go back to the old chalk and slate days.
Back to School – Click here to listen
by: Jake Speed
8/20/06
When I was a kid, we?d all get the blues
When we knew it was time to go back to school
We’d try to stretch the rest of the summer out
Our moms and dads would cheer and shout
But something?s changed, the tables have turned
Now the parents freak out when they hear the words
Back to School ? their mouths all drop
Back to School means Time to Shop
I need a cell phone, stereo, iMac, PC, WIFI, radio, DVD player
locker mate, laptop, etech backpack, mousepad, webcam, printer and Internet
HD TV, X-box, Hum V, satellite radio, fire wire, USB port
Gameboy, PDA, I?m going back to school.
I need a modem, a copier, a heart rate monitor, Digi Pet, head set, grahic calculator
fast tap key pad, website, credit card, a mini and a shuffle and a nano iPod
headphones, TiVo, satellite radio, computerized chalkboard, wireless keyboard
an open tab on Ebay, I?m going back to school
I need a pre-paid phone card, software, hardware, hard drive, flash drive, desk hutch, beanbag
Pen text scanner, digital planner, video handheld, Instant Messenger
MacBook, notebook, memory stick, Palm Pilot, stopwatch, podcast, antivirus
domain registry I?m going back to school
digital camera, handheld console, cordless telephone, Microsoft Office
a beeper, a shredder, AA batteries, scanners, clickers, a Chocolate, a Blackberry
a GPS tracker, a voice recorder, a sorter, an 8-track mini-disk recorder
soundsticks, Netflix, I?m going back to school.
Lava lamp, Ray Bans, docking station, Bobbleheads, camera phone, super sized cable
Flash reader, trapper keeper, earthcomber, camcorder, photo printer, CD burner, moped, Land Rover
Mountain bike, ten speed, Satellite TV, cell phone charger, books on CD
I love you Mom and Dad, and I’ll also need cash.
This article appears in Aug 23-29, 2006.