I always hear how "back in the day" teachers were able to use corporal punishment and how students actually behaved. However here is a list of stories my dad told us about his school years:
- they would smoke so much in the bathroom that you could see smoke haze coming out from under the door
- the math teacher's car, like clockwork, would have a slashed tire every Friday
- on Friday afternoons, after most of the teachers went home, fish were left in their desks
- after a win, the school hockey team would show up for class still buzzed from an entire night out drinking
- on days of major exams, they wouldn't just pull the fire alarm - they would set actual fires!!
And my father's school was given the nickname of "Switchblade High" because just about every student carried one for "protection".
So, from where I sit, kids have always misbehaved. Always have, always do and always will.
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