Graham Family Reacts To Back To School In 1980s America 

They didn't mention what a big part of those days in the 80's was going home after school and watching MTV.

Graduated in 1983.... The 70's and 80's were the best for so many things!!!!

I was a teen during the eighties and I still favor those hair styles. Waiting for the comeback!

I graduated in the class of 85, and we ran with scissors 😂

Kids enjoying watching their parents relive their youth! 🤣🤣🤣

Trapper Keepers, and Swatch watches were definitely cool.

In the 60's and 70's, cigar boxes were used to hold our pencils, pens, crayons, protractors, etc.

This is me from Pennsylvania with wishes for both of the kids to do well on their tests.I love watching your videos.

I graduated in 1988 oh man what a time! We had off campus lunch and a smoking section outside. Oh boy have times changed

In 1981 in HS Physics our teacher pulled out a 5 foot x 3.5 foot bed of actual nails. This experiment was to show how force is distributed over a large area where the pressure is decreased, as a person (the teacher) laid on this bed without injury. He then had a plywood board put on his chest and a volunteer would hit it with a sledgehammer, obviously under control. These were sharp nails close together separated by about 3/4 of an inch both horizontally and diagonally.

Also we had to right all our reports in cursive writing.😢

High School in the 80's was the best! I was a New Wave/Goth kid (still am I guess) the music in the 80's and MTV... best times of my life. OK, my 20's were pretty fun too. * I feel bad for the kids today, they are missing out on so much, with their faces stuck just looking at a phone.

Class of '86'! My kids definitely know 80's music. Good luck on your tests.

From the graduating class of 1982, good luck on your finals. I sure miss those days...

I miss those years. So awesome.

I always thought that banging erasers thing was something they only did in movies for the longest time. We never did that. It was always the Teacher or the teacher's aid's job. I thought it was magic when I was younger because we would come back to school the next morning with a perfectly clean chalkboard. I also had Jellie shoes. Mine were sandals that were pink with silver glitter. They were my favorite shoes ever. I was also the kid with all the Lisa Frank stuff. My Aunt actually worked for Lisa Frank and she would mail me boxes of stuff all the time. I had every sticker and pencil, I still have my Ballerina Bunny wristwatch still in its case and Ballerina Bunny beach towel. It makes me so happy to see Lisa Frank coming back.

Best wishes to Lea and Garin from North Carolina! I know you’ll rock your exams!

I did high school in the 70s and the only real difference from the 80s is when I went we could go outside and smoke between classes or at lunch and 12th grade I only had to go half a day in the morning and often to the bar for lunch and a drink or two or three.

I was born in 76. So I was in Elementary school in the 80’s. Jr High and High School in the early 90’s. Graduated in 95. I loved my jelly shoes. Mom hated them because they brought tiny rocks in the house. Good luck guys!

What would be really good is to fix up select school rooms as if they were in the 70’s or 80’s and let the kids of nowadays experience that - I do believe that they would actually learn a great deal especially about being self sufficient- so great to see y’all having so much fun with this one and one can really tell how much that you guys love one another 👍

Those mechanical pencils that had the fruits on them, he didn't mention it, but they were scented. They actually smelled of the fruit. It was great using them.

I was born in 80 and was pretty lucky with my Highschool having some cool classes. By the time we were seniors and had enough credits to graduate they had extra fun classes for us. 1 class we went bowling and fishing and golfing. Another class we had was Movie class, we watched a new popular movie everyday. (most people just slept). And the coolest class we had was Radio. My school had it's own radio station and during class we used to learn how to Dj and after school we got to host the radio station. Good times!

Best of luck on your exams. Just a note, I graduated in 1974, celebrating my 50th anniversary.

Before the video even starts, let me just confirm that the being a teenager in the 80's was thee absolute best!!! Big hair and big hair bands were awesome!!

Dad was so excited during this video the good ole days! They left all the hair styles and the 80's the hair bands the music is still popular to this day! Dad play them some 80's music from America! You should look up and do a reaction to the best 80's gadgets!

Good Luck on Your testing. Love Seeing all of You together. God be with you all.

Good luck, as a kid of the 70s & 80s teen, Good luck with your finals, most importantly, living in the moment & embracing your friends and fun times, is very necessary!❤💙

From a college student, Good luck on all your exams guys !!!🎉

Good luck, remember take your time and relax when you take your test

Best of luck kids! And greetings from Seattle, Washington. USA

I was born in 1976 so I grew up in the 80's. I really loved it so much! I wish I could build a time machine so I can go back to the 80's! ❤

Good luck you two on your final exams. I'm sure you're gonna do great!!

Good luck to the kids from your friends in Chicago!

Great reactions from all of you! Graduated from HS in 68(old man now), several years before this topic, but very similar in many areas. ❤

Good Luck Kido's

good luck and hope they both do great with school

I was born in the mid 70s, so I was in Kindergarten - 8th grade during the 80s. I want to hop into a time machine, go back to the 80s, and stay there forever. We had far less technology but had way more fun.

Good luck kiddos. Yall got this. Yall are very smart kids.

8:21 all my erasers was covered in little grey holes because I would push my freshly sharpened pencil into it. I couldn't stop doing it, it was soo satisfying.

Good luck kids. You got this.

I don’t think I even knew anyone who didn’t wear jelly shoes! They look ridiculous but we LOVED them!

I think that as an adult you know how hard life can be. As a child, you don't usually. One thing that children don't understand is that the bad things in school you'll never have to face again once you are on your own. You can avoid people, move away, etc. It may not happen immediately, but you have control to change your own life. However, conversely, the fun memories you had as a child can never be had again. The best you can do is discuss it or, now, watch videos that remind you of things you enjoyed from the past. Kat - my niece loved her "Jellies" (today, you can get a 3D printer to make them!). While hubby may think they look stupid, they look better than Crocs. It's odd that the video didn't mention covering textbooks with brown paper grocery bags (or xmas wrapping paper). The brown paper bags could take stickers all over them and other decoration, just don't write on it with a ball point pen (it put dents in the cover) and don't use ink that might soak through while it was on the book. Don't know if you know the story about Oregon Trail (computer game). It was one of the first "edutainment" games designed by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) which designed games that were educational. Oregon Trail teaches about the crossing of people heading to Oregon to land granted to them by the government. It was not easy, and many people died along the way (many of dysentery). Anyway, each game taught the students how to plan, how to engage in focus and how to handle situations. Another popular game was Lemonade stand, where a student would "buy" sugar, lemons, cups and set a price. If they set a good price, glasses of lemonade would sell and generate profit. Too low and there might not be profit. Too high and there might not be sales. There were other factors like weather, running out of supplies and so on. MECC would be bought out and a lot of corporate crap ensued. HOWEVER, Oregon Trail and some form of Lemonade Stand are available today (probably even on your phone's app store). Great games. My mother used to like Lemonade Stand a lot to decompress. We all need "stupid games" that we can play without having to use our brain much.

Class of ‘88 🤘🏼

15:30 The Oregon Trail is an old DOS game which can still be fun to play. There are several modern versions of the game out today. In real life, it was a 2000 mile journey from the midwest to the Pacific Ocean.

Good luck guys on graduation!

Good luck to the kids!!

Good luck kids! I'm an American and a Texan that lives in Tucson, Arizona... it's VERY hot here but I love Arizona. Just started watching y'all's channel and I love it. Keep up the great content and I'll keep watching.👀🌵🌴🌄🕊️🍀🦉❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️

The one thing I remember, was my Sony Walkman, and the bus driver that they hired were the seniors that going to graduate, but to many accidents stopped that

Tell the kids good luck from USA SC

You guys are a joy to watch. What a great family and a good video.

I LOVED getting my Jelly Shoes for Christmas

The US East Coast is having a heat wave right now with temperatures over 40°C😢 in Hawaii. We just jump in the ocean 🌊 🏄 when it’s hot 🥵

Good luck kids!

What an amazing great family. Love you guys!

Good luck to you guys on your final tests. Stay calm and take care. Love your channel and your personalities. Great family

The blooper just indicated families are all the same no matter where you live! Hilarious!

loved this video, loved it. loves hearing parents tell kids of the good ol' days

Good luck from Texas!

As an American, I use Fahrenheit every day. Because I had a scientific education, I understand metric units as a second language. I automatically convert Celsius whenever I encounter it. Five Celsius degrees are equivalent to nine Fahrenheit. Start at zero C and go up or down: -40 C = -40 F -35 C = -31 F -30 C = -22 F -25 C = -13 F -20 C = -4 F -15 C = 5 F -10 C = 14 F -5 C = 23 F 0 C = 32 F 5 C = 41 F 10 C = 50 F 15 C = 59 F 20 C = 68 F 25 C = 77 F 30 C = 86 F 35 C = 95 F 40 C = 104 F 45 C = 113 F 50 C = 122 F

Good luck Geren and Leah 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

You don’t need good luck for your tests you’re gonna ace them good luck anyhow have a great week guys

Such awesome cartoons after school.

I graduated high school in 1981... junior and senior years were fun 🤫🤣 y'all are wonderful! Love from Georgia

Good luck Kids! Pocahontas Arkansas! The OZARKS! Come see it sometime. Land of water springs, Redbuds and Dogwoods. Swimming, fishing, and boating.

32 degrees in Slovakia is pretty warm. It is 35 C here in Fort Worth Texas today.

Good luck on your final exams and enjoy y’all’s summer break.

Good Luck Kids.

Kids good luck on your exams. Much love from Washington State 😎💯🔥

good luck to the kids

I graduated High School in ‘79, but I still remember all of those things.

And yep our desks were the same axs yours, lift up and inkwell.

Kat and Jono, nostalgia 😊 those were the days. Kids just don't know it yet LoL.

Good luck you two on your final exam's.

Good luck from Texas! You can do it!

Watching From Texas

I found out from your last video that we share the same birthday, but just now I learned that you are just 2 weeks younger than my son, who was also born in 1986.

Good luck with your tests! I'm sure you will both do great!

Lea & Garin Good luck from Central Texas, take your time you got this no problem.

Please community pray for my beloved State of New Mexico!!!! We have entire communities being evacuated due to wildfires, especially the Village of Ruidoso and the Mescalero Apache Reservation (over 70000 residents)!! Over 500 structures/homes are a total loss!!! Entire community displaced!!!!! Zero containment of fires!!! Heartbroken!!!!!!!! Thank you inadvance for this online community prayers!!!!!! Don't think I can post pictures but you can Google Ruidoso, NM wildfires!

Hello from very hot and windy Arizona. Good luck kids on your tests, I have faith in you and you’ll do great!

Love the Rancho Cucamonga shirt and Lea's Riverside (The Inland Empire) shirt. I used to live in the Inland Empire and have to commute to San Diego every day. Hope the final exams went okay!

Most of the high school guys in my area of the country had gun racks in our pickups, with guns in them.

Best of luck on your exams. You’ll do great. Once they’re over I hope you have a relaxing summer full of good times.

Class of '83 here. We didn't think lawn jarts was dangerous. We didn't think lawn jarts while blindfolded and spun around 3x first was dangerous either. It was....exhilarating

I graduated high school in 1980. Loved growing up in the 70's and 80's, those were Great times.

Loved the blooper! Good luck!🍀

So I guess doing the glue trick is universal, I used to do this in the 1960's! 🤪

The good ol days when after school we stayed outside until dinner and then back outside until about 9pm. Then play some Atari/ColecoVision and watch some MTV & Fraggle Rock on HBO.

Good luck kiddos

I graduated in 86’!This stuff is all true

I remember school from the early 1970s. Best of luck on your tests Lea and Garin. I am very concern for Garin. If his teacher has it out for him, the teacher might not be fair with the grading. Great video. The 1970s had some of those 1980s things but was different also.

Good luck on your end of year test Lea and Garin, I'm sure you both will do well. I graduated in 1975 and it's crazy how much changed from the 70's to the 80's when it comes to popular trends in fashion, music, and pop culture. Take care, have a blessed day. 🙌✌️😎

Such wholesome content. Love the family experience. And laughing with our kids over similarities and childhoods.

Good luck on your exams guys. From Texas your friend Dave

32° is freezing in Fahrenheit. If it was in the 40s in Fahrenheit inside we'd have people in danger of dying from cold. 40° Celsius translates to 104° in Fahrenheit and it's getting there in the US too. Our temps here in the middle of the country are the same as yours right now. I graduated high school in 1983. Just watch "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" which came out right before my senior year, and "Valley Girl" which came out right after and you'll see what high school was like then.

Good luck kids!! from Washington, DC

Good luck guys I remember the 80' was busses with kids now grand kids 😅

Well wishes for your exams Lea and Garin Lea I also have a callus on my finger from writing all the time back in the day still have it 😊 Garin I also had a French teacher who didn't like me either and it doesn't feel good I understand I will remember you in my prayers study hard and do your best no matter what and everthing will work out for good had so much fun watching you enjoy watching mom and dad reliving their childhood sweet happy family ❤from Florida 📚🙏💗

Omg…I can’t believe he was born in 1986. I feel so old.

Goodlluck from SC