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!

When I was at school there were two blackboards, one black for writing schedules and the other white for doing test.

When I first started teaching, I had real blackboards. Later on they were green blackboards. And today they are all whiteboards. Times certainly have changed.

I remember those ink pens with the cartridges. What a mess.

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.

During my school years, I have seen Black, Green and white boards in the class. White boards were the last though since chalks could cause asthma problem to some students and teachers. I think in rural areas some people still use black boards.

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

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

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

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.....

Things have changed a lot over the years. Now many have dry erase boards.

I have had black, green, and white boards the black and green with chalk and the white with magic marker

I think ours were green too.

I recall dip pen when I was young. Fountain pens were the rage and ball point pen was not allowed on cheques. Fountain pens leaked and at times left an indelible impression on shirt pockets.

White boards were just coming in when I left school. I still use a fountain pen, even when scribbling notes to myself