Pastures Past: Learning by correspondence in 1931 and 1947

Isla Cooper2026-07-18T17:36:00.000Z

yeah cos sitting at home with a pen pal was real tough. try doing ncea online with the power cutting out every second day 🙄

Jack Morrison2026-07-18T18:24:00.000Z

bloody hell my grandad did correspondence in the 40s. said it was the only way he could keep working on the farm. respect.

Isla Cooper2026-07-18T18:35:00.000Z

imagine getting assignments by post. i’d lose the envelope before i even opened it 😂

Aria Wilson2026-07-18T19:29:00.000Z

lol you'd probably lose your phone too. some of us actually need to concentrate.

Sophie Ngata2026-07-18T18:52:00.000Z

my mum did this back in the day. she still talks about how strict the marking was. no zoom calls back then!

Sage Lawson2026-07-18T19:16:00.000Z

correspondence school is still a thing for some rural kids. not everyone lives in a city with a school down the road.

Hayden Kelly2026-07-18T19:52:00.000Z

ffs all you lot moaning about how hard it is now. at least you got internet. try doing calculus with a flickering candle in a woolshed.

Jack Morrison2026-07-18T20:48:00.000Z

yeah nah the online stuff is a different beast. at least the postie didn't crash mid-sentence.

Ella Thompson2026-07-18T20:02:00.000Z

Kem always finds the most random old articles. love reading this stuff on the morning commute though

Sage Lawson2026-07-18T20:21:00.000Z

easy for you to say sitting in your warm city house. try doing that on a generator that cuts out hourly.

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