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It depends on who you talk to, I've seen renovated university study spaces with fresh chalkboards. When I asked the staff why they chose chalkboards instead of

It depends on who you talk to, I've seen renovated university study spaces with fresh chalkboards. When I asked the staff why they chose chalkboards instead of whiteboards, they said that it's cheaper in the long run because cleaning and replacing whiteboards is awful and expensive. Chalkboards are significantly more durable.

wlesieutre 11y ago
Not to mention I've never had a piece of chalk dry out. Seems whenever I try to use a whiteboard, the first 5 markers I try don't write and I have to spend 15 minutes hunting for spares. And if you have a "sort of working" marker, which is what I'd usually end up with, it won't write very dark and the whiteboard text has worse contrast than a chalkboard.
- ansible 11y ago
  What drives me up a wall is when people find a non-working marker... and then put it back! No! Throw it away! It is better to have no markers than have non-working ones. That is an easy and clear signal that it is time to find / buy more markers.
  - gcb0 11y ago
    can't you just drip alcohol into the dry ones to get them back to working condition?
    - foobarian 11y ago
      That's why I don't throw them away--never know if there is a coworker who collects the dry ones and restores them. <s>
    - CydeWeys 11y ago
      Not indefinitely, no.
  - mcphage 11y ago
    > when people find a non-working marker... and then put it back! No! Throw it away! I trained myself to, whenever I found a non-working whiteboard marker, literally throw it into a back corner to pick up later. Similarly, when I take off a sock with holes, I tear the hole a lot bigger so I don't feel tempted to keep it in use.
    - lsaferite 11y ago
      Hah, my wife looks at me funny when I suddenly rip apart a sock or pair of underwear. :O