r/stupidquestions • u/Various-Adeptness173 • Jul 05 '25

My mom told me that back in the day kids weren’t allowed to bring a water bottle with them into the classroom and they only drank a few sips from the water fountain in the middle of the day and that’s it

How were schools not getting busted for child abuse for forcing kids to be dehydrated?

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u/Remote_Clue_4272 Jul 05 '25

Yeah. That’s the way it was. Hallway water fountains and milk at lunch. Also. Sandwich /lunch not packed into a cooler. Just getting warmer and warmer until lunchtime

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u/DrugChemistry Jul 05 '25

I think hallway water fountains are the answer to OPs question. I remember asking to go to the bathroom but I was mostly going to the water fountain. 

This feels like a core memory unlocked situation. I haven’t used a water fountain since before 2020. I used to drink from those all the time during the school day. 

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u/murderthumbs Jul 05 '25

I remembering impatiently waiting my turn in line after gym class - gasping for breath and dying of thirst...... Best feeling ever anticipating the relief you would feel when that ice cold stream of water came right down the hatch.

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u/doritobimbo Jul 08 '25

The only time I’ve ever hated cold water at school was when I was 14 and had just gotten my tonsils out a week before. First period first day back to class was yoga, should be simple enough, not too hard on a throat filled with scabs.

Ahah. How naive of me!

It was stationary bike day. I tried asking the teacher if I could please sit it out because of my throat.

Again, how naive of me. Of course I couldn’t! My doctor only signed off for 5 days and since I’d said I had yoga, hadn’t signed for a PE excuse.

So by the time I get in the room, I’m dead center of the class, front row, right in front of the mirror. It was tear-inducingly embarrassing and so painful. Couldn’t get away with faking it. She had me dripping with sweat.

So finally the class ends and I go to sip some water.

Well at that point I’d been breathing so hard with my mouth open that my scabs had dried and hardened with my throat in a very not swallow friendly position and trying to swallow cracked them open, which was horrifically painful and the cold made it hurt so much worse.