7 Drastic Changes To Elementary School

[RandySF]

Teaching Implements...THEN:
Once school began, it was time to get your learn and hand cramps on. If you were a nerd/teacher's pet, using the sponge and bucket to clean off the chalkboard instead of going out into the oppressive heat and primordial social goo of recess was the highlight of the day. Not that I'd know anything about that. Of course, if you lived somewhere super fancy you might get to clean dry erase marker off the overhead projector instead.

NOW:
My kids have this snazzy new system at their school called the SMARTBoard. I'm not sure how widespread it is yet, but rest assured this interactive future magic is winding its way to you.
A state of the art projector run from the computer on the teacher's desk, this thing is basically a giant iPad designed to engage children and make scuffles break out in the aisles over who gets to use the mystical learning device next. As soon as tablets are standardized, note-taking hand cramps will be a thing of the past.

Snack Time...THEN:
If you're scratching your head and thinking "Snack time?" you're not alone. When we were in elementary school, if you didn't eat breakfast you JUST STARVED.
You don't like what's on the menu for lunch or what your mom packed you? You JUST STARVED.

NOW:
Nowadays our precious snowflakes can't go three hours without eating. This has caused schools to implement mandatory Snack Time. However, these cash strapped institutions don't have the funds to feed our darlings.

If you're lucky, you'll only be asked to provide a "healthy" snack for your own child. Every day. All year.

If you're unlucky, your child will bring home the snack rotation calendar where once a month you'll be required to panic at 11pm and rush to the all night Wal-Mart because you are responsible for feeding 24-32 tiny mouths the next day. And woe is you if you don't buy a snack "cool" enough for Cool Kid factor and "healthy" enough for teacher approval. Hint: This snack does not exist.


Sanitation...THEN
Soap and water. Optional

NOW:
Hand sanitizer. Everywhere. On the door frame in every room. In the hallway. In the cafeteria. In the office. On the brick when entering from the playground. If they could graft it onto the actual children, I have no doubt they would.

All provided by the parents, naturally. Mandatory back to school supply don't you know.

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[MichiganVote]

1. Actually the Smartboard is a very interactive tool and I like it

[Odin2005]

2. I don't see the problem with the food thing, kids don't learn well if they are hungry.

They say you should have snacks in between meals.

[hfojvt]

3. we had milk breaks at my school

you could get a fifty punch ticket for $1 which would get you a half pint of milk for each punch. I think that was only once a day though.

Plus, I spent my elementary school time going home for lunch on most days. I hardly ever had lunch at school.