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Back in the old days before fancy dry erase marker boards, we used chalk. There were green chalkboards and black chalkboards (blackboards), and in some places you could get different colors of chalk, but usually you'd stick with good old white because it was the easiest to get your hands on.
And then there was dust. I had a bad habit of wiping out small mistakes or bad board handwriting with a brush of feathers or a sleeve, which made things worse. Chalk prints on my shirt, my pants, me...it got everywhere.
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And then there was dust. I had a bad habit of wiping out small mistakes or bad board handwriting with a brush of feathers or a sleeve, which made things worse. Chalk prints on my shirt, my pants, me...it got everywhere.
Done by
Tefian and you can check out the the original here.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Portraits
Species Cockatrice
Size 1280 x 942px
File Size 382.6 kB
My grandparents had a storage closet in the spare room where my siblings and I slept during visits. Inside we discovered a medium green chalkboard with yellow chalk. Eventually our parents bought some other chalk colors like sky blue and pink and classic white, but I will always remember that green/yellow color combination and the hours of drawing, hangman letter guessing, and waiting for your turn to have it next.
There's nothing like having one to work on. My first office as a grad student had one, and it was the first time I'd done actual work with one as opposed to pencil and paper. It was a different experience, better in many ways...but unfortunately once you ran out of room you'd have to pick something to erase.
I've been using dry erase markerboards for years. I do like having different colors easily available, but the crud that flakes off from residue of those markers is worse in some ways than chalk. There isn't as much of it as there was chalk dust, but it permanently marks up clothes.
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