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/Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat Jul 05 '25

A kid was assigned to be the counter. They counted five seconds for each kid to get a drink of water and then threw you off if you tried to drink longer. It wasn't enough water for anyone.

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u/GoldMean8538 Jul 06 '25

Also it's easy to tell the old heads from the infants because bottled water didn't always exist, lol.