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Greeting cards are an illustrated message that
expresses, either seriously or humorously, affection,
good will, gratitude, sympathy, or other sentiments.
Greeting cards are usually sent by mail in observance of
a special day or event and can be divided into two
general classifications: seasonal and everyday. Seasonal
cards, also called
Holiday Cards, include those for Christmas,
Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day,
Easter, graduation, Halloween, and St. Patrick's
Day. Everyday cards include those commemorating
birthdays, anniversaries, or births; cards of
condolence, congratulations, or friendship; as well as
get-well cards, gift cards, bon voyage cards, and thank
you cards.
Modern greeting cards are usually of stiff paper or
cardboard, but some are made of cloth, leather,
celluloid, vellum, metal, or even wood, clay, cork, or
other materials. Size is determined by common usage, the
availability of suitable envelopes, ease of mailing, and
the system of grading according to price and quality.
There are also some kind of cards with neoteric design
like Laser Card and
3D Greeting Cards. Somenody even
use Sticker
and
Washi Tape to decorate the card. Extreme
exceptions include an inscribed grain of rice presented
in 1929 as a Christmas greeting to the prince of Wales
and a Christmas card sent to Pres. Calvin Coolidge in
1924 that was 21 by 33 inches (53 by 84 cm). The
imprinted messages on cards may vary in length from a
brief word or two to 100 words or more in prose or
verse.
The exchange of illustrated greetings among friends
dates from ancient times. In Egypt the new year was
celebrated by the exchange of symbolic presents, such as
scent bottles and scarabs inscribed au ab nab ("all
good luck"). The Romans exchanged strenae,
originally branches of laurel or olive, frequently
coated with gold leaf. Symbols of seasonal good will,
such as a Roman lamp impressed with the figure of
Victory surrounded by strenae, were inscribed with Anno
novo faustum felix tibi sit ("May the new year be
happy and lucky for you"). The acknowledgment of
the new year with exchanges of good will continued in
Europe through the early days of Christianity.
Speaking of cards, I thought of another paper product
that is used most often -
Notebook.
We all saw it over and over during the pandemic year: In
the face of remote and hybrid learning, students spent
hours tethered to iPads and Chromebooks, all day, every
day. While such technology thankfully allowed for online
learning that would have been inconceivable a decade
ago, excessive screen time has been linked to a host of
deleterious effects.
Students using devices to take notes are often bombarded
with updates, messages, and notifications, plus they’re
distracted by the ever-present temptation to search the
web. Authentic learning, however, requires concentration
and deep, uninterrupted immersion in a topic.
In a bid to reclaim some balance between digital and
analog learning, Many students are required to use paper
notebooks this coming year. Paper notebooks can help
draw young people's attention away from screens, and
they offer several educational benefits.
Using a notebook compels students to become more
deliberate in the organization and presentation of their
notes. Plenty of apps provide ways to create and manage
notes, but I’ve found that using notebooks places more
responsibility on the students to find, adapt, and stick
to a method that works best for them. And there is
always a tpyes of notebook to fit your love of using
habit. For example there are
PU
Notebook and
Spiral Notebook. If that is not enough,
it is very normal to add some
Sticky
Notes on the notebook as
a additonal content.