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Most High Schools are just daycare centers that keep kids out of trouble. Teachers honestly try their hardest, but they have an entire system stacked against th

by foxyv 5y ago

Most High Schools are just daycare centers that keep kids out of trouble. Teachers honestly try their hardest, but they have an entire system stacked against them. Compulsory attendance, kids packed in like sardines, poor mental health, child abuse, poor nutrition, crime, drugs, fights, endless bullying. A while ago I saw a quote that if you cut social services it will end up in the emergency room. The same goes for the High Schools. They HAVE to run them like prisons in order to even hope to deal with the number of issues they see. If you have any alternative, avoid sending your kid to a High School unless you can vet that it's not a hellhole. I haven't had to fight a person, say no to hard drugs, avoid pickpockets, or withstand constant verbal and physical assault since leaving High School. To all those who had a wonderful High School experience I am truly happy for you. However, I think for many kids, they could get more beneficial social experiences literally anywhere else. Ones that don't scar or taint you.

harryvederci 5y ago
You didn't specify which country you're from. Kinda sad, but it sounds like a warzone and my brain jumped to the conclusion: must be the USA. (Not meant disrespectfully to you, by the way.)
- foxyv 5y ago
  I'm from the USA, but the problem with High Schools is certainly not limited to the US. Also, you are right that it sounds like a warzone. The particular High School I went to was in a town that had just lost it's military base and had turned into a bedroom community for halfway houses. (Places where criminals leaving prison would stay on parole.) This mixed a large number of different gangs together into a single area leading to tons of terrible things. This all trickled down to the kids in the area. Fights involving 10 or more kids were common. Walking home you had to avoid certain times and places where after school fighting would take place. Parks and culverts were DMZs at certain times. Resource officers used pepper spray in crowded hallways where a fight had broken out. Whenever we had a school assembly it was pretty common for a riot to break out. This was the "Good" High School in town. There were two others that were quite a bit worse. Problems with weapons, fires, and such.

by foxyv 5y ago

harryvederci 5y ago

You didn't specify which country you're from. Kinda sad, but it sounds like a warzone and my brain jumped to the conclusion: must be the USA. (Not meant disrespectfully to you, by the way.)

foxyv 5y ago
I'm from the USA, but the problem with High Schools is certainly not limited to the US. Also, you are right that it sounds like a warzone. The particular High School I went to was in a town that had just lost it's military base and had turned into a bedroom community for halfway houses. (Places where criminals leaving prison would stay on parole.) This mixed a large number of different gangs together into a single area leading to tons of terrible things. This all trickled down to the kids in the area. Fights involving 10 or more kids were common. Walking home you had to avoid certain times and places where after school fighting would take place. Parks and culverts were DMZs at certain times. Resource officers used pepper spray in crowded hallways where a fight had broken out. Whenever we had a school assembly it was pretty common for a riot to break out. This was the "Good" High School in town. There were two others that were quite a bit worse. Problems with weapons, fires, and such.