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That meant that the only way to take notes was to scratch it on a wax-covered board using a stylus, which is a pointy little stick made of wood, metal or bone.
As you probably know from all the wax-covered boards you’ve written on, keeping notes on them isn’t exactly easy. In fact, after being used to write on and the info memorised, the wax would be smoothed over ready for reuse.
That meant kids had no option but to cram a huge amount of learning into their craniums so they could spout it out later for exams. Again, these tests weren’t written on paper, they were done verbally.
Just one more teeny-tiny fact?
Please no! My head will literally BURST!
Luckily all they had to learn was the names of the top five vegetables, a couple of nursery rhymes and the answer to the sum, what is 4 + 2? So it was SuPeR easy!
If only that were true. But of course it’s complete pufflewaffle (yes, we did just make that word up).
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