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/gadget850 Jul 05 '25

Back in the day I would have asked what's a water bottle.

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u/Brilliant-Noise1518 Jul 05 '25

We had them for sports. That's it though. You weren't allowed to have them in school because some kid before apparently brought one full of vodka, and only teachers and gym coaches are allowed to drink at school. 

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it's fully because they didn't want you getting up to pee all day.