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I'm not even sure if I told my parents, honestly - but I cringe when I look back on it (I was only 13, moved earlier in the year, and was already an outcast). I

• nexuist 6y ago
  The big problem with school districts is that they are so far down the chain of decentralized government that almost no enforcement exists to make sure the right decisions are being made. Almost every former teenager has a powertrip story involving a school official which is probably against some code or regulation; but the power imbalance between school employee and student makes it nearly impossible for those concerns to hold any weight. Students are also never informed of their rights except for a student handbook at the beginning of the year, and even then there's an implicit expectation that the teacher/principal/superintendent has the right to institute arbitrary rules at any point. There are most likely illegal policies and activities taking place at every public school in the U.S., and it's not taken seriously because children cannot vote and many parents think the schools ought to be going hard on their kids anyways.