{"id":35529,"date":"2021-01-12T13:50:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T18:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=35529"},"modified":"2021-01-12T13:50:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T18:50:27","slug":"read-this-students-quietly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/01\/12\/read-this-students-quietly\/","title":{"rendered":"Read this students, QUIETLY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Weekly Reader 29\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/50818090058\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50818090058_8dd83ee12e_c.jpg?resize=580%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Weekly Reader 29\" width=\"580\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><em>My\u00a0Weekly Reader<\/em> from the Spring of 1972. I found this in a crumbling folder of ancient homework and handouts from grade school circa 1972. Teachers would hand these out and make the students read them <strong>QUIETLY<\/strong> so they could cadge a cigarette or three in the teachers&#8217; lounge and ponder their life choices. I have no idea why I hung on to these things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My\u00a0Weekly Reader from the Spring of 1972. I found this in a crumbling folder of ancient homework and handouts from grade school circa 1972. Teachers would hand these out and make the students read them QUIETLY so they could cadge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/01\/12\/read-this-students-quietly\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,120],"tags":[595,5032,5031,727],"class_list":["post-35529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blast-from-the-past","category-curious-clutter","tag-595","tag-bicycle","tag-my-weekly-reader","tag-school"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-9f3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4819,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/10\/24\/1-98-werewolf\/","url_meta":{"origin":35529,"position":0},"title":"I Was a $1.98 Werewolf","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 24, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This rubber monster mask ad is from an issue of Our Army at War No. 247 published in 1972. 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It's animated so that it would captivate the kiddies and just long\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blast from the Past&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/dancing-atom.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/dancing-atom.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/dancing-atom.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5006,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/11\/02\/attaining-unattainable\/","url_meta":{"origin":35529,"position":3},"title":"Attaining the Unattainable","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"November 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Did you know you could sleep with Raquel Welch for $1.98? 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Though 35 days to a Herculean physique seems like an eternity compared to the other fellow's promise of manliness within 7 days. Unusual font choices. It looks like the typesetter decided to break\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;What I Miss About Comics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"What I Miss About Comics","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/what-i-miss-about-comics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/250-skinny-guys.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3579,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/08\/22\/what-i-miss-about-comicscoffee-tea-or-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":35529,"position":5},"title":"What I Miss About Comics &#8211; Coffee, Tea or Me","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"August 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Tucked away in an issue of Special Marvel Edition No. 5 is yet another career training ad. 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