I boogied out of the american public school system right at the beginning of the build up of the mini surveillance state they were starting to set up for kids. You could up and walk out of school if you wanted to and no one was going to stop you. We used to fuck off during class in high school and go wander the halls. Things I'm certain kids can't get away with today.
When I was in high school the videography class filmed parodies of The Matrix and The Godfather which involved running around school with fully realistic pistol replicas
When I was in elementary school, kids would bring their hunting rifles to school on the first day of deer camp. They were supposed to leave them in the office, but I feel like that didn't always happen. This wasn't super common, but I remember it happening when I was in 4th-6th grade
Not really sure why, it seems like it could be left with the parents and they could bring it when they picked up the kid.
yeah same here. i was basically able to transfer from one high school to another to escape it since it wasn't yet distributed equally in the county i lived in.
so my freshman thru junior years were under increasing security to the point of actual violent suppression (security guards assaulting students for being too alternative looking, it was post-columbine hysteria)
senior year was wandering the halls, do whatever free for all because that principal was near retirement and just dgaf
My senior year English class was last period and kids would slowly trickle out the door saying they had to goto the bathroom and then just not come back. She just told everyone not to say where they were coming from if we got caught.
Still remember the time the 7th grade vice-principal threatened to suspend all the 7th grade boys because someone drew penises on a bunch of our science textbooks
They literally dragged us out of our classrooms to interrogate us about it
I was a very short, chubby autistic kid, so I broke down crying so hard they ended up calling my mom to come get me
I went to public schools in Kkklanada and reading this is just so wild to me. I had none of the going through what sounds like an airport security and as long as I asked with a please at the end, I'd be allowed to go to the bathroom (~85 to 90% of the time with few prick of teachers not allowing).
When I was in high school I came and went as I pleased. If I hadn't been given a lot of leeway I would have dropped out for sure. My grades were fine, I just didn't want to be there if I didn't need to be. I just talked to my teachers, got the whole semester worth of class work at once and just had to turn shit in when it was due and show up for tests.
Many kids leave school to go to local shops for lunch.
I remember being allowed to do that, but the nearest place to eat was far enough away that even if you had a car you couldn't make it there and back in time without rushing which kinda killed the vibe.
Ahh I can't say I know that many schools that don't have local shops within 5minute walk even if it is just a small spar or something, often with a fish n chip shop or something next door not that they were ever open during lunch, for whatever reason every single fish n chip shop in the country seems to be closed until mid afternoon except in the beach towns.
My elementary schools bathrooms stalls were tore down, by other kids, so if you were taking a shit everyone saw you.
And of course they called you gay for taking a shit, not them looking at you.
Both my middle school and high school had metal detectors but the middle school didnt security guards and cops. The security guards werent bad, more often then not they were a friendly third party adult that kids could talk to about #realshit and none of them were there to break up fights or cause kids problems. The cops were cops.
My middle school was basically a prison
Had to go through metal detectors in and out
Had guards stationed at every exit and throughout the halls
Couldn't use the bathrooms without being accompanied by an adult, which of course, we didn't have enough of to let kids go when they had to
When I got to high school and basically had the exact opposite experience, I was agog
I boogied out of the american public school system right at the beginning of the build up of the mini surveillance state they were starting to set up for kids. You could up and walk out of school if you wanted to and no one was going to stop you. We used to fuck off during class in high school and go wander the halls. Things I'm certain kids can't get away with today.
When I was in high school the videography class filmed parodies of The Matrix and The Godfather which involved running around school with fully realistic pistol replicas
When I was in elementary school, kids would bring their hunting rifles to school on the first day of deer camp. They were supposed to leave them in the office, but I feel like that didn't always happen. This wasn't super common, but I remember it happening when I was in 4th-6th grade
Not really sure why, it seems like it could be left with the parents and they could bring it when they picked up the kid.
"Timmy you are now old enough to engage in the most important ritual of being a gun owner: telling everyone else you have a gun."
"Even though you may not be old enough to drink, you can still do a farcical re-enaction of the civil war with those guns..."
It is especially farcical if they can't drink.
yeah same here. i was basically able to transfer from one high school to another to escape it since it wasn't yet distributed equally in the county i lived in.
so my freshman thru junior years were under increasing security to the point of actual violent suppression (security guards assaulting students for being too alternative looking, it was post-columbine hysteria)
senior year was wandering the halls, do whatever free for all because that principal was near retirement and just dgaf
My senior year English class was last period and kids would slowly trickle out the door saying they had to goto the bathroom and then just not come back. She just told everyone not to say where they were coming from if we got caught.
Yup
Shit was wild
Still remember the time the 7th grade vice-principal threatened to suspend all the 7th grade boys because someone drew penises on a bunch of our science textbooks
They literally dragged us out of our classrooms to interrogate us about it
I was a very short, chubby autistic kid, so I broke down crying so hard they ended up calling my mom to come get me
American Vandal but real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDecYCBn5Kw
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I went to public schools in Kkklanada and reading this is just so wild to me. I had none of the going through what sounds like an airport security and as long as I asked with a please at the end, I'd be allowed to go to the bathroom (~85 to 90% of the time with few prick of teachers not allowing).
My only saving grace was my seventh grade teacher was my 3rd grade teacher, so at least she was nice to me that year
When I was in high school I came and went as I pleased. If I hadn't been given a lot of leeway I would have dropped out for sure. My grades were fine, I just didn't want to be there if I didn't need to be. I just talked to my teachers, got the whole semester worth of class work at once and just had to turn shit in when it was due and show up for tests.
Can confirm here in the UK we have zero security whatsoever. Kids come and go as they please. Many kids leave school to go to local shops for lunch.
I remember being allowed to do that, but the nearest place to eat was far enough away that even if you had a car you couldn't make it there and back in time without rushing which kinda killed the vibe.
Ahh I can't say I know that many schools that don't have local shops within 5minute walk even if it is just a small spar or something, often with a fish n chip shop or something next door not that they were ever open during lunch, for whatever reason every single fish n chip shop in the country seems to be closed until mid afternoon except in the beach towns.
also Canadian. we didn't have any of this metal detector bullshit, but they did start putting cops in high-schools
Man I swear if I ever raise a kid I'm being absolutely sure to tell them, "I'm going to the bathroom" is a statement, not a request.
My elementary schools bathrooms stalls were tore down, by other kids, so if you were taking a shit everyone saw you.
And of course they called you gay for taking a shit, not them looking at you.
Both my middle school and high school had metal detectors but the middle school didnt security guards and cops. The security guards werent bad, more often then not they were a friendly third party adult that kids could talk to about #realshit and none of them were there to break up fights or cause kids problems. The cops were cops.