Scary 1980’s Photos

Because our geography class has been studying the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe countries, today I decided to bring in my old, yellowed photo albums and show my students photos from my time in East Berlin, Estonia, and Slovenija. (I forgot the pics from Outer Mongolia—not that Mongolia is in Europe, of course, but I was there right after the fall of the USSR.)

Oh, friends. Those were some seriously scary 1980’s pics—not the communism, the HAIR.

I told my students that before they knew it, people would be looking at THEIR teen photos and LAUGHING AND LAUGHING. But I’m sure they didn’t believe me. How could their slouchy jeans and flip flops ever not be cool?

Time goes so fast …