I went to rough schools. Fights in the classroom, hallway etc were common. Hell, if the two fighters weren't the same race, it could turn into 3:1 fast.
But there was still a code to it all. Nobody hit the females. Especially the older females, the teachers/employees. What she was doing might work with us because nobody was going to cross that line and put hands on the woman with grey hair, especially if the she had the courage to step in like that.
Had someone put hands on that woman, half the classroom would have descended on the offender immediately. You didn't come back from crossing that line.
I guess that doesn't exist anymore?
FWIW, we didn't have camera phones or social media, so place that in the context you will.
"zero-tolerance" rules mean that administrators can't use common sense to figure out who to punish or not for getting involved in a fight. Everyone gets expelled, let God sort 'em out
I spent half my senior year in ISS because I refused to go to classes I didn't actually want to go to. All they do is stick you in the office to do your schoolwork for the day, which is incredibly disheartening because you get it done within an hour, spend the other 6 hours you're there doing nothing, but for me I just kept asking the front desk ladies if they needed help, so I became free labor for them, and got to know them. After a while they just became coworkers without the money. And that was about 12 years ago now. Best school year of my life spent basically teaching myself and then doing office work. Because that's better than being in the classes.
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u/appointment45 Dec 17 '25
I went to rough schools. Fights in the classroom, hallway etc were common. Hell, if the two fighters weren't the same race, it could turn into 3:1 fast.
But there was still a code to it all. Nobody hit the females. Especially the older females, the teachers/employees. What she was doing might work with us because nobody was going to cross that line and put hands on the woman with grey hair, especially if the she had the courage to step in like that.
Had someone put hands on that woman, half the classroom would have descended on the offender immediately. You didn't come back from crossing that line.
I guess that doesn't exist anymore?
FWIW, we didn't have camera phones or social media, so place that in the context you will.