Are chalkboards dead?

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Damn_Underscore
11/04/2025
06:46 PM
#1
In that Mr. Feeny topic he is unsurprisingly writing on a chalkboard.

However I don't think I've seen a classroom with a chalkboard in a long time. The only exception being college classrooms with the multiple layer chalkboards that slide up and down. Those aren't used in standard classrooms though. Are chalkboards dead?
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EclairReturns
11/04/2025
06:47 PM
#2
Technically, they are neither living nor dead.

To answer your question though, there were chalkboards at the college I went to over six years ago. Take that as you will.
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captpackrat
11/04/2025
06:54 PM
#3
I had the hardest time buying a chalkboard. I wanted one for the barn so that I could keep track of the hay inventory and how often the farrier visits. Since it would be in a semi-outdoor environment (out of the rain, but not climate controlled, temperature ranging from 0 to 100F, variable humidity, and very dusty/dirty), a dry erase board wouldn't last very long, but a chalkboard would be fine.
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SunWuKung420
11/04/2025
07:55 PM
#4
They were never alive.
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Glob
11/04/2025
09:42 PM
#6
I havent seen one in a classroom since the late 90s, and I work in classrooms.
ParanoidObsessive
11/04/2025
11:08 PM
#7
I haven't been inside of a school for over 25 years, so I couldn't tell you.

My college was almost entirely whiteboards at the time though.
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hockey7318
11/05/2025
09:14 AM
#8
U of M and MSU are still a mix of chalk & white boards. I know one of them schools I went to as a kid had chalk boards, but I'm not sure if they replaced them or not. I'll check when my daughter gets to that school. I'll let you know in 3.5 years.
captpackrat
11/05/2025
10:19 AM
#9
Some of the schools around here still had chalkboards when I did a Novell to Active Directory migration in 2011. Of course, they were also still using Novell, so that probably explains it.
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SinisterSlay
11/05/2025
10:27 AM
#10
I like chalk better than the markers. Sure the markers are fun to smell.
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Lokarin
11/05/2025
10:59 AM
#11
even dry erase might be dying; I was at my aunts school a couple summers back and was about to write on the white board and was told not to because it's not a white board it was some sort of smart-screen.
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Dikitain
11/05/2025
11:41 AM
#12
I have a chalkboard in my office, but it is dual sided with a whiteboard on the other side. I just prefer the chalkboard side because they are easier to maintain.

My highschool was chalkboards, but I don't think I saw a single one in college (2002 - 2006). Not sure what you kids are using now.
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Blue_Thunder
11/05/2025
12:28 PM
#13
I prefer whiteboards and digital boards because I don't like the texture of chalkboards lol
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captpackrat
11/05/2025
12:47 PM
#14
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9fac865c.jpg
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Blue_Thunder
11/05/2025
12:50 PM
#15
captpackrat posted...


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Lokarin
11/05/2025
12:51 PM
#16
scratching a chalkboard isn't that bad

what's really bad is rubbing a wet balloon
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Dikitain
11/05/2025
03:58 PM
#17
captpackrat posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9fac865c.jpg

That only works on slate chalkboards. Mine Is basically like a whiteboard, just with black glossy paint instead of white.
I feel like I need to put something here, or else I am one of those weird people who think that having no signature is a character trait.
SunWuKung420
11/05/2025
03:59 PM
#18
captpackrat posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9fac865c.jpg
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Demogoblin92
11/05/2025
05:00 PM
#19
I actually graduated from highschool in 2006 but even as far back as 2nd grade in the mid 90s, my teacher had a dry erase board. In fact, I hadn't seen a classroom with just a chalkboard since 1st grade in the early 90s. But that was a at a different school and different town. I'll go head and admit I was held back from 1st grade because of the school system refusing to put me in a multiage classroom. I also couldn't do my junior year til later cause of having a manic episode in 2004.
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Glob
11/05/2025
06:12 PM
#20
Dikitain posted...
I have a chalkboard in my office, but it is dual sided with a whiteboard on the other side. I just prefer the chalkboard side because they are easier to maintain.

My highschool was chalkboards, but I don't think I saw a single one in college (2002 - 2006). Not sure what you kids are using now.

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