When Schools Had Smoking Sections AND Rifle Ranges Schools used to have smoking AND non-smoking sections in the playground! Watch this incredible story FREE @beamafilm: Post-WWII schools were run by war veterans wearing their medals on playground duty. They had rifle ranges, military drill, and could nail you with a blackboard duster from across the room with sniper precision! School was basically extended army training with corporal punishment for looking the wrong way. My how times have change