I remember once trying to explain to my two sons the fads and crazes that were popular back when I was in Junior High school (I guess it’s called middle school now). I attended Junior high which was just 7th and 8th grade in the early 1970s. One of the fads that I recall was Slam Books.
Anyone remember those? I had one and I’m guessing it’s probably still in a box down in my basement somewhere (because I tend to save silly things like that). I was under the impression that Slam Books started sometime in the 60s or 70s but I’ve been told by people older than me that they actually were popular in the 40s and 50s.
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In my day, Slam Books were notebooks usually in spiral notebook form or loose leaf notebook paper put into one of the colorful three-pronged paper folders. Mine was in a white paper pronged folder. It had Slam Book written boldly across the front of the folder in a navy blue marker.
Slam Books usually had a sign-in page at the beginning. And then on each subsequent page, there was a question. The Slam Book got passed around to anyone who wanted to participate. If you did, you just signed your name on the sign-in sheet and then went through and answered all the questions on the corresponding number that you signed in on. The purpose was to learn things about your fellow classmates.
I guess some Slam Books had a reputation for getting very personal and some could get down right mean (hence the word Slam Book because some tweens/teens literally got slammed in these books). Teachers looked at them as a form of bullying and rightly so, and some banned them from the classroom for that reason.
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I remember the Slam Books of my day as being fun and mostly innocent. I don’t recall if guys participated in signing Slam books. I think it was mostly a “girl thing” but guys sure liked to read them. Most of the Slam Books I remembered contained questions like:
What is your favorite song?
What is your favorite color?
What is your favorite food?
What is your zodiac sign?
Do you have a current crush?
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Who’s your favorite teacher?
Cutest boy?
What flavor of lip gloss do you like? (when I was in the 7th and 8th grade, frosted fruit flavored lip glosses were very popular- I remember writing “Pineapple and strawberry” as my answers).
Favorite teacher?
Like I said, teachers didn’t like Slam Books. They were a huge distraction in the classroom and teachers would take them up in class if they happened to catch someone passing or signing one. We always passed them around during library time where we usually didn’t get caught.
I remember the raciest questions I ever came across in my day in the Slam Books were usually something along the lines of, Have you ever been kissed? Or Have you been to second base? I usually skipped over those. I remember they always left me wondering if these tween girls were really being honest in their answers or if they were perhaps lying a little. If they were telling the truth, then it seemed there was a lot of promiscuity even back then.
Do you remember Slam books? If so, please share your memories in the comment section if you so desire.
Gail ♥
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