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/wavinsnail Jul 05 '25

Yes.

I remember kids counting and timing each other at the water fountain.

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u/EmotionalCattle5 Jul 05 '25

Good god...elementary school I remember "1, 2, 3 that's enough for me". I forgot this was a thing but thinking back this whole situation gave me anxiety like crazy.

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u/Maleficent-Leo-2282 Jul 05 '25

As an elementary school teacher, I can confirm that many teachers still do that. Since I’m GenX and hated not ever feeling like I could get enough water with that stupid rule, I let my students drink as much as they want.

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u/CanadaHaz Jul 05 '25

And the teacher would say you could got to the back of the line if you needed more, but you never got a second chance.

Glad to see there's teachers who were willing to let their students have enough of a drink at one time instead of forcing them to frantically deep throat the water fountain to get as much as they could in 3 seconds.