PASSING NOTES IN SCHOOL

WE ALL DID IT.  EVERY THING FROM I LOVE YOU TO "WHAT DID YOU GET FOR ANSWER NUMBER 4.   TROUBLE IS, I DID PASS SUCH A NOTE AND THE ANSWER CAME BACK..BUT, I FORGOT TO ERASE MY QUESTION, AND MY TEST PAPER CAME BACK WITH A BIG RED CIRCLE AROUND IT.   IN  GRADE SCHOOL IN THE 1940'S.  BALL POINT PENS WERE NOT OUT YET.  WE LEARNED TO WRITE INK USING LONG WOODEN HOLDERS WITH THE PEN POINTS STUCK IN THE HOLDER AT END OF PEN.  IN OUR SCHOOL EACH ROW WAS GIVEN A SHOE BOX FILLED WITH PENS.  THE BOX WAS GIVEN TO THE FIRST STUDENT IN EACH ROW, AND THE BEST PEN WAS TAKEN, THEN, THE BOX PASSED BACK AND THE NEXT BEST PEN TAKEN.  BY THE TIME IT GOT TOWARDS THE BACK...THE PENS WERE JUNK...THE PEN POINTS WERE CROSSED LIKE A GIRL SITTING WITH CROSSED LEGS.  YOU PUT THE POINT DOWN TO WRITE AND THE POINT STUCK IN THE PAPER ONLY TO BREAK LOOSE AND LEAVE LITTLE SPECKS OF INK EVERY WHERE.  IN OUR SCHOOL, THE ELECTRIC CLOCK IN THE ROOM WAS CONTROLLED BY A MASTER CLOCK IN THE OFFICE.  THE HANDS MOVED IN THREE MINUTE INTERVALS....THE MINUTE HAND WOULD STAND STILL FOR THREE MINUTES AND THEN A CLICK AND TIME REALLY FLEW.  OTHER THAN THE LONG BELL TO CHANGE CLASSES OR GO TO RECESS, THERE WERE TWO OTHER BELL SIGNALS..  THREE RINGS WAS A CALL FOR THE JANITOR..A CONTINUOUS SEQUENCE OF SHORT RINGS WAS A FIRE DRILL. I CANT HELP BUT THINK KIDS ALL OVER THE WORLD HAD LIKE EXPERIENCES,,,INCLUDING, PASSING NOTES,,,,,DO YOU LOVE ME?   DA!!