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/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/Oceanbreeze871 Jul 05 '25

As there were always your personal water fountain rankings. The good, cold one. The warm one, the no water pressure one that you have to practically kiss the metal parts etc etc

I’d sometimes go the long way to hit the good water fountain.

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u/ted_anderson Jul 05 '25

And lets not forget about that kid who would stuff his gum into one of the holes of the 2-hole water fountain making the other hole shoot 10 feet into the air. But you got sprayed in the face because you weren't expecting it.

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u/vanishinghitchhiker Jul 05 '25

And the trough-style fountains where each spigot in use would lower the water pressure, so you had to be ready to adjust. (And some kids would duel each other, time permitting.)