“School is killing us. Textbooks are made from paper, paper are made from trees, we need trees for oxygen. Thus, school is killing us” is a jocular school saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is uncertain.
“School is killing us. Textbooks are made from paper, paper are made from trees, we need trees for oxygen. That means, school is killing us” was posted on Twitter by Oliwia on May 16, 2012. “School is killing us. Textbooks are made from paper, paper are made from trees, we need trees for oxygen. Thus, school killing us” was posted on Twitter by viera rachmawati a few hours later on May 16, 2012.
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Oliwia
@Oliwia2204
School is killing us. Textbooks are made from paper, paper are made from trees, we need trees for oxygen. That means, school is killing us.
11:30 AM - 16 May 2012
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viera rachmawati
@vierachmawati
School is killing us. Textbooks are made from paper, paper are made from trees, we need trees for oxygen. Thus, school killing us.
3:26 PM - 16 May 2012
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STΔY CLASSY ⚓
@Inmyyzonee_
School is killing us. Textbooks are made from paper, paper is made from trees, we need trees for oxygen. Thus, school is killing us. ~
3:59 PM - 16 May 2012
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Girl hacks ღ
@ClosedSafe
School is killing us. Textbooks are made from paper, paper are made from trees, we need trees for oxygen. Thus, school is killing us.
10:03 PM - 27 Mar 2013
4 July 2017, The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia), “The Last Word” by Marty Smith, pg. 18:
From the website LeFunny.net: “School is killing us. Textbooks are made from paper. Paper is made from trees. We need trees for oxygen. Thus, school is killing us.”
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College Life
@8_Semesters
School is killing us. Textbooks are made from paper, paper is made from trees, we need trees for oxygen. Thus, school is killing us.
6:33 PM - 19 Oct 2017
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@devyclaudia
School is killing us. Textbooks are made from paper, paper is made from trees, we need trees for oxygen. Thus, school is killing us.
10:27 PM - 30 Mar 2019
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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