I am a millennial but never saw these. Seems like a weird choice but I’m not surprised. One time in elementary school we had cops come in and give us a talk about crime and take our fingerprints. Doesn’t seem like it should be legal to gather personal information from little kids that cannot consent to it, but they did.
“In case you get lost or kidnapped” wink wink
My family were criminals - my father used to be a gangster - I cannot fathom why, but this happened at my school and I missed it so the officer was somehow invited to my home where I was fingerprinted.
I got a curious lesson about melting finger prints on the stove element from my dad later, which I thankfully never did.
Millenial as well and I never got these in any of my public school years.
When I was my age, we didnt have active shooter drills.
We had tornado drills, which were really disguised Atom Bomb drills. Tornadoes were the larger threat.
Earthquake drills for me, but yeah, it was literally duck-and-cover
Same. We’d all just line up by class in an open field each time there was a bomb threat.
Never had these in school. Did have to chew them when wearing braces a few times though.
This seems like a dentistry thing. What does this have to do with school kids?
Back in my day, the schools would bring in dental staff to talk to you about your teeth . They brought these with them. They stain the plaque red/pink so you can learn to brush properly.
They stain the plaque red/pink so you can
learn to brush properly.be marked for bullying and ostracismFixed it for you
At mine they would distribute packets of mouth rinse that were fluoride-heavy. You would feel the taste at the back of your jaw, it was terrible.
Even today, our elementary school brought in dental hygienists to work on the kids’ teeth. I don’t think they use the tablets anymore, though. Hell, my wife didn’t even know about these tablets.
In the time period they were used they were probably made of asbestos and cigarette butts though.
Shame
I am not familiar with these? When was this? Is this an American thing?
Had them in here in Sweden, I’m 36 so it was the late 90s to early 2000s.
I’m 32 and from the Netherlands, and I’ve never heard of these.
So the point of them is education?Same age, also Swedish. Never have I ever heard about these
I’m a bit older, but in Austria we had the same
Although at the dentist and not in schoolWe had them in Slovenia in the 2010s. Probably still do. Honestly I believe it’s a good thing to teach kids the inportance of oral hygiene in school.
it’s a good thing to teach kids the inportance of oral hygiene in school.
Yes, but you can do that without the public shaming part.
It’s low hanging fruit for bullies.
I don’t remember anybody being bullied for their teeth though.
Ooo thanks I just bought some, gonna see how my kids are doing.
You can still buy them. They stain the plaque.
No, we had them here in Denmark as well (a long time ago when I was in school).
Forgot all about these… sorry Brandon B. for everyone calling you “Shit Breath”
