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Time Capsule: 1987-2007-2027
It was hot in the Middle School library at 1:45 p.m. on Friday, April 27, but the entire seventh grade was sitting on the floor spellbound. Members of Kathie Corcoran’s seventh grade 1986-87 English class buried a time capsule on McDonogh’s campus twenty years ago. In it letters from a dot matrix printer talk about life in the late 80s: new inventions like CDs, VHS tapes, and the Sony Watchman; social concerns such as AIDS; popular television programs like “The Cosby Show” and “20/20”; baseball as the national pastime; fashion trends; and more. In honor of their 15th reunion, some ‘92 classmates were on hand to see what survived 20 years in the ground and to share their memories with the current seventh graders who would, in turn, bury their own time capsule immediately afterward.
“The class was really enthusiastic to discover what kids in 1987 thought life would be like now,” relates teacher Craig Copeland. Eddie Ahn ’02, who spearheaded the project with Alumni Director Jen Corrigan, was happy to tell them. Corrigan gave an overall description of life at the time, talked about the laborious discovery and unearthing process, and showed 1987 yearbook pictures of current seventh grade teachers and Ahn much to delight of the students. Ahn read his entire letter accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation. Adam E. ’12 was interested to discover that life then “was not all that different, except for the technology.” The idea of the Sony Watchman and the slide of the clunky cell phone garnered many laughs. A lively question-and-answer session followed Ahn’s presentation as he and four of his classmates fielded questions about vintage dance moves and uniform woes.
The current seventh graders then treated their guests to excerpts of the letters about to be buried. Copeland and fellow teacher Esther Richardson had asked their students to tell the future readers who they are, what life is like in 2007, what current seventh grade life is like and what they think life might be like in 2027. One student gave a brief account of the war in Iraq, another talked about the devastation Hurricane Katrina brought. Jazmin V. ’12 offered insights into life in the Middle School. “There is so much drama all the time. It is important that you stay close to your friends.”
In addition to the letters, teachers cobbled together a quick list of current prices, someone put in a CD of popular songs, Corrigan stuck the 1987 letters back in and Stephen I. ’12 added pictures of campus buildings without names so that the future students will have to guess. One question remains constant to seventh graders whether they be from 1987 or 2007: “Will there be flying cars twenty years from now?”
It was hot in the Middle School library at 1:45 p.m. on Friday, April 27, but the entire seventh grade was sitting on the floor spellbound. Members of Kathie Corcoran’s seventh grade 1986-87 English class buried a time capsule on McDonogh’s campus twenty years ago. In it letters from a dot matrix printer talk about life in the late 80s: new inventions like CDs, VHS tapes, and the Sony Watchman; social concerns such as AIDS; popular television programs like “The Cosby Show” and “20/20”; baseball as the national pastime; fashion trends; and more. In honor of their 15th reunion, some ‘92 classmates were on hand to see what survived 20 years in the ground and to share their memories with the current seventh graders who would, in turn, bury their own time capsule immediately afterward.
“The class was really enthusiastic to discover what kids in 1987 thought life would be like now,” relates teacher Craig Copeland. Eddie Ahn ’02, who spearheaded the project with Alumni Director Jen Corrigan, was happy to tell them. Corrigan gave an overall description of life at the time, talked about the laborious discovery and unearthing process, and showed 1987 yearbook pictures of current seventh grade teachers and Ahn much to delight of the students. Ahn read his entire letter accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation. Adam E. ’12 was interested to discover that life then “was not all that different, except for the technology.” The idea of the Sony Watchman and the slide of the clunky cell phone garnered many laughs. A lively question-and-answer session followed Ahn’s presentation as he and four of his classmates fielded questions about vintage dance moves and uniform woes.
The current seventh graders then treated their guests to excerpts of the letters about to be buried. Copeland and fellow teacher Esther Richardson had asked their students to tell the future readers who they are, what life is like in 2007, what current seventh grade life is like and what they think life might be like in 2027. One student gave a brief account of the war in Iraq, another talked about the devastation Hurricane Katrina brought. Jazmin V. ’12 offered insights into life in the Middle School. “There is so much drama all the time. It is important that you stay close to your friends.”
In addition to the letters, teachers cobbled together a quick list of current prices, someone put in a CD of popular songs, Corrigan stuck the 1987 letters back in and Stephen I. ’12 added pictures of campus buildings without names so that the future students will have to guess. One question remains constant to seventh graders whether they be from 1987 or 2007: “Will there be flying cars twenty years from now?”