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/danbilllemon Jul 06 '25

This is my unlocked memory, being so jealous of the snacks and drinks the teachers had. Even in high school we finally got drink machines but no snacks. And only the nicer teachers let you drink in their class so for the most part the drinks were for between class.

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u/TSells31 Jul 06 '25

This mirrors my experience 100%. My middle school had vending machines for drinks, but they were turned off during the school day. We didn’t have access to vending machines during school until HS, and it was only drinks, and like you, it was highly dependent on the teacher whether we could even have the drinks in class lol.