old_skul said:I got into fights almost every single day of seventh grade. 8th grade was better. Seems like basically from 4th grade to 8th grade, life was just hell.
Times haven't changed. There's just been a couple of fucked up things that have happened. Columbine, for one. And today's parents are people who grew up in a society where things seldom went wrong, so they're less tolerant to violence and unhappiness - hence we get metal detectors and cops for schools full of Prozac-enhanced children.
Seldom went wrong? My dad tells me about the shit he went through in high school after MLK Jr. was assassinated... Portland, OR wasn't a calm little town after that according to him.