I currently work in a school and I know how kids of these days are coupled with the fact that I work in a very big school. The kids are from rich homes so their behaviors are sometimes weird, strange and even different from the way commoners live their lives.
I’m sorry to say, I know we are in the technology era but I can boast it anywhere that the kids we have these days are not as smart as olden days kids or kids of my set. The kids we have now mostly depend of phones or Google before they can think. The majority of them can’t even think alone or even solve simple mathematics. It is crazy. Well, let’s get to the deal of today.
Thinking about what things that has slowly faded away and I would want us to bring it back are the iron bucket, sonnet antenna ans grinding stone. I’d pick them one by one and tell you all what they are used for.
The iron bucket
I call this bucket the almighty bucket back then and using it was fun. This bucket is as heavy as three litres of water or even more than. Then, when I was little and my mum wanted to take my bath, she brings out the bucket and starts taking my bath. The funniest one is usually when she wants to wash my feet. I’d have to hold the bucket so that I don’t fall.
Washing the feet can itch you so you’d have to shake your body small, lol and in that process, the iron bucket may get you injured so you gotta be careful. Also, I don’t think anyone can bath secretly that others will not hear when you are using the iron bucket. It makes so much noise so there will be no way for you to take your bath before you abscond from your house, lol. I actually don’t want this bucket for anything but it will be fun to use it again. I’m sure the kids we have now can’t know how precious this was to our parents back then.
Sonnet antenna
This is also something that I just want to see again. It’s been a long time since I saw people use the sonnet antenna then. There was nothing like DSTV or GOTV then so all we had was our sonnet antenna. Whenever we want to watch our Papa Ajasco and the likes then, we always set the antenna to make sure that it is clear.
It was never clear like the ones we watch now but it is still manageable. I can’t even give a clear explanation of how we use it but it used to be fun.
Grinding Stone
The last thing I wish to see people use now is the grinding stone. Some old people still use it but it’s been a while. This stone was used for grinding peoper back then. You gotta grind every damn thing with your hand and no one even cares if it hurts you or not.
I also used it when I started learning how to cool but I no longer use it since it is now scarce.
Anyway, all of these things I have mentioned here helps us to be logical. We’d be able to do things by ourselves instead of always depending on technology and all. I would not say that things have gone worse ever since we have adopted their usage but people are now lazy that they can’t even do things by themselves again. I hope that changes…
