#39: Let’s Chalk About It
There was a time when chalkboards ruled the classroom. It makes sense, after all; there really wasn’t another solution for letting the teacher write an erase and write an erase in front of the class. But if you’ve never had the misfortune to use a chalkboard, let me tell you, they definitely have their downsides.
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It’s really easy to accidentally break chalk in half, for starters. Chalk dust got everywhere, and you always had to wash your hands after you’d held a piece of chalk for very long. Also, when you erase a chalkboard, you’re not really erasing so much as you are smearing the chalk dust everywhere. So the more you used a chalkboard, the more it got coated in a layer of white chalk dust.