Chalk is much cheaper than markers. Markers always run out quickly.
> Someone forgets and uses the wrong kind permanently staining the > whiteboard.
> Lastly, markers have that weird chemical smell. Seems to me there's
> nothing wrong with blackboards and nothing to be gained by
> whiteboards. Thoughts anyone?
Chalk dust is hell on electronics.
Mark Atwood | When you do things right, people won't be sure snipped-for-privacy@atwood.name | you've done anything at all.
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[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The fact that so many classrooms are now also equipped with computers and other electronics may have played some role in the decision. PAT]