High school was such an awful time. The only thing worse was middle school. All the behaviors in this article aren't new. They're just a new lens for the same

High school was such an awful time. The only thing worse was middle school. All the behaviors in this article aren't new. They're just a new lens for the same thing that's always been going on - pick an out-group, punish the out-group, everybody else feels better about themselves. This is classic high school stuff. Look at how the words are used: "Abusers" and "victims". Might as well be "jocks" and "nerds". And who do the kids ultimately hate most? "Admin." Yeah. Who has ever liked their high school admin? The only thing different, I suppose, is that at least the people who are ostracized now are the ones who allegedly did actually bad things, rather than the ones who listen to weird music or are fat or don't have wealthy parents or whatever else. And not being in school for a couple years has meant some social growth that usually happens hasn't, or has happened unevenly. Guess that's progress?