Russians talked about their associations with studying at school

Russians who were students in the 1990s most often associate school with classrooms with chalkboards, while modern schoolchildren associate it with the digital environment. This is evidenced by the results of a study, the results of which were shared on August 28 by the Spherum communication service and the Zen information platform.

"Subjects from school life, which evoke fond memories among representatives of different generations, vary markedly. For those who studied in the 1990s, school is associated with classrooms with chalkboards, as 56% of the survey participants answered," the study notes.

In addition, 43% of schoolchildren of this period recall brown dresses with aprons, and 37% — compulsory clean-up days.

Russians who went to school in the 2000s and 2010s, in 40% of cases, associate this period of their lives with questionnaires about hobbies and friendships. Another 36% of respondents shared associations with stickers, bookmarks for textbooks and shiny notebooks, and another 33% recalled pizza from the cafeteria.

As for modern students, 28% of them associate school with classmates' chats, which exist, among other things, on the Spherum platform, another 23% — with additional online learning, and 18% — with electronic journals and diaries. In addition, 16% of respondents recall lessons and homework, 10% of respondents recall fun and school friends, and only 5% recall classical school subjects, such as the cafeteria, blackboards and chalk.

More than half of the survey participants — 51% — are grateful to study at school for feeling carefree. Another 43% of respondents noted the joy of change, where they had fun with classmates. 32% of the respondents told about walking after classes. 17% of the study participants recalled their favorite teachers, and 11% consider meals from the school cafeteria to be a very noticeable part of their childhood lives.

In addition, most of the respondents noted that schools have changed for the better today. For example, 40% of respondents drew attention to the emergence of new technologies and interactivity, and 38% of survey participants drew attention to the individual interests of students in the educational process.

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