When blackboards went 'green'

We still had blackboards when I was in school. On my electronic devices, I prefer a black background with white text. That makes it easier for me to read and interact with. (I seriously dislike myLot for not letting me change the white background to black. The white background burns my eyes.)

I do find green easier on my eyes in that context. Hey, Judy, the first Australian to win a Super Bowl was on a show I watched today. Congratulations to him!

We did have green "blackboards" too. I always wondered why was it called "blackboard" when it's green. I bought a dip pen when I was young. I still remember the feeling of writing with it, it's smooth and "flowy", though a bit troublesome as compared to ball point pens. Recently I have seen posts about "generations of erasers" on Instagram.... Many things have been evolved since we were young. Sometimes when I told my children about those things we used when we were young, I felt like hearing my mom told me that when I was young too.....

In elementary school, our boards were black. In college they were green and then many begin using white boards with dry markers. In elementary, we got excited when the teacher handed out new erasers and number 2 pencils.

I had to look Biros up, and it looks like a BIC pen. It seems like our blackboards were also a deep dark green.

When I was first in school, all the boards were blackboards. Sometime during the grade school years they were switched to the green ones. I remember that the teachers had two students to help clean them up at the end of the day. One student would erase everything and wipe the boards with a damp cloth. Another student had the honor of ''clapping the erasers'' by going outside, or in bad weather going to a window. The windows in schools never used to have screens, and no air conditioning, either. When it was my turn I always opted to clean the boards rather than clap the erasers, as that made me sneeze!

I recall that all the boards were green when I went to school. I can see where it would be easier on the eyes. I remember stories of young boys butting girl's braids in the inkwell. Not sure what a dip and scratch pen is though.

Ours were always black. I have no idea what color they are now cause I haven't been in a classroom for years. When my sons were in school they were still black but that has been many years ago. Things has really changed.

Everything has evolved and especially these days where something new is being created. Every year there's an advancement in technology.

I remember that we had black "blackboards" when I was a kid, but in college they were green.

@judyev Goodness, you’ve just painted me a picture of my school in Malawi with a green blackboard, inkwell in the desk and a dip and scratch pen. I felt awfully grown up when I started to use those pens. I was ink monitor for a while, filling up those inkwells with blue Quink ink.

I remember seeing blackboards in elementary school through college being colored dark green.

I had a toy blackboard, full size, on rolling wheels, as a child. I can't remember if it was black or green.

Here, in my country, most public schools still use green "blackboards". But in some schools, it is now "white" boards and they use whiteboard markers to write down lessons.