This is really funny for me to read because as a kid we were prohibited from having telecommunications devices while at school entirely. We were also prohibited from speaking during lunchtime. Our lunch was most definitely not loud.

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throwup238 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You can always tell a Milford man.

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jabroni_salad 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

When I was in elementary school one of the teachers would hold a decibel meter and subtract minutes off of recess if we got above a whispered conversation.

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bluGill 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

In class that is good. However at lunch kids should be talking to other kids. I know many teachers/schools are control freaks and so they would do such things, but it was always evil.

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1718627440 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Have you never been to a room full of people/children? If there aren't these 'control freaks' in the room, then it gets louder and louder until to the limit where nobody can understand anything while all are shouting. It's surprisingly fast, about ~2 minutes to the maximum/stable loudness. This 'control freaks' are the requirement to allow children to have a conversation.

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bluGill 11 hours ago | parent [-]

in small doses, but I've seen them go overboard to the point where we are better off without.

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		If the teacher completely forbids talking, they will just talk right around the corner, or write on paper. They will be just unable to impose it on the children for long.

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supportengineer 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think my parents went to this school. Did the nuns slap you with rulers?