• 👽🍻👽@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    One of the more mischievous kids in my third grade class was the son of the high school chem teacher. He purchased a chemistry set at the book fair that year. He and another kid took it into the bathroom by the cafeteria and drank a few “experiments” from the kit in the box. They both got violently sick and an ambulance came. I’m really glad I stuck with my Box Car Children collection and Calvin and Hobbes book mark that year.

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      1 year ago

      Huh, my schools never had kits like that at the book fairs. Just books, pencils, erasers, folders.

      • 👽🍻👽@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yup. Ours had some really expensive hobby items in addition to the books and book accessories. They had a rock tumbler kit one year I remember wanting really bad. My grandparents ended up getting me one for Christmas. I recall a telescope one year as well.