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1. I had a teacher spread false rumors that I had epilepsy, and another spread false rumors that I had Tourette's. I was told there was "nothing I could do about it". Nowadays, I have a feeling that would be a serious violation.
2. I had a teacher falsely accuse me of something, and when I said I was innocent, I was accused of "talking back". That teacher's father was the gym department chair, and he was a large, intimidating man. The next day, the gym department chair told me that if I ever talk back to his son ever again, that I will be sorry. I suspect nowadays that could be taken as a physical threat.
3. My AP Chemistry teacher grabbed me, pushed me into my seat, and started cursing at me. Nowadays, that would be assault.
4. In 3rd grade, while stopped at a long red light while on the bus, the bus driver said she wishes she had a gun and could shoot out the red lights. Obviously that was an innocent comment, but nowadays it would be taken seriously.
5. I had a teacher drive several of us in his personal car to an off campus activity, and then drove each of us home after the event. Nowadays, that would be viewed with suspicion.
6. In middle school, a security guard sat in the boys' locker room all day smoking cigarettes and yelling at students. Nowadays, that would likely be viewed with suspicion. (as a side note, he cursed at me when I was walking too slowly when he was escorting me to detention).
7. Several teachers (mostly in middle school) would smoke in places other than the designated smoking area, such as hallways, offices, their classrooms, the locker room, and even the front lobby of the building.
8. In elementary school, a male teacher would use the boys' restroom rather than the male faculty restroom, and would yell at boys who were legitimately using restroom. He was elderly and walked with a cane, and the male faculty restroom was far from his classroom, so I don't know if perhaps he was given special permission (a reasonable accommodation), but I have a feeling that nowadays, he'd be viewed with suspicion.
On the topic of things that schools could no longer get away with: in elementary school, the boys' restroom had no soap! Do you realize how unsanitary that was? I have no idea if the girls' restroom had soap or not, or if the faculty restrooms had soap (I assume that they did). I remember several boys who were running for student council said that they would add soap to the bathrooms; a girl who was running for student council said that she would replace the bar of soap with liquid soap, so that suggests that the girls' restroom had a bar of soap. Interestingly, they did add (liquid) soap to the boys' bathroom after the teacher I mentioned above in #8 retired, so I suspect that his complaining was why the soap was removed.
On the topic of things that schools could no longer get away with: in elementary school, the boys' restroom had no soap! Do you realize how unsanitary that was? I have no idea if the girls' restroom had soap or not, or if the faculty restrooms had soap (I assume that they did). I remember several boys who were running for student council said that they would add soap to the bathrooms; a girl who was running for student council said that she would replace the bar of soap with liquid soap, so that suggests that the girls' restroom had a bar of soap. Interestingly, they did add (liquid) soap to the boys' bathroom after the teacher I mentioned above in #8 retired, so I suspect that his complaining was why the soap was removed.
We had this issue too. We had liquid soap dispensers, but they were always empty. I would go from bathroom to bathroom looking for one that had soap. Often to no avail. When liquid soap in a bottle became readily available, I kept a bottle in my locker.
We had this issue too. We had liquid soap dispensers, but they were always empty. I would go from bathroom to bathroom looking for one that had soap. Often to no avail. When liquid soap in a bottle became readily available, I kept a bottle in my locker.
The issue wasn't that there were empty dispensers. They intentionally had no soap at all (at least in the boys' restroom) since one elderly male teacher kept complaining about boys' behavior in the restroom. As I said, once that teacher retired, they then added soap to the boys' restrooms.
Another thing that I remember: at my high school, all of the student restrooms (both genders) on the 3rd floor were sealed off, since apparently students vandalized them decades earlier. Of course, the faculty restrooms (which required teachers to use a key) were not sealed off. The state law required restrooms on every floor, so the school was willfully breaking the law. Of course, students in my era were doormats, so everybody just accepted it, even though we knew that it was against the law, and even though we knew that we were all being punished because of the actions of a few decades earlier. I have a feeling now students would be more vocal about complaining, given that the law is on the students' side.
That's the easiest red flag to see that someone is undateable.
Uhhh, really? You're saying that in reference to POT? If that were true, half of this country would be deemed "undateable" - including myself, lol. And in high school? At least where I grew up, it was practically a requirement for graduation.
Lemme guess; you were the kid in high school who ratted on other kids. Amiright?
That's the easiest red flag to see that someone is undateable.
For yearbook we polled all of the students in the senior class. One of the questions was whether you had ever smoked pot. 6 people out of roughly 250 said no. Four of them were girls, so if you wanted to only date someone who had never smoked pot, you had your choice of two guys.
The issue wasn't that there were empty dispensers. They intentionally had no soap at all (at least in the boys' restroom) since one elderly male teacher kept complaining about boys' behavior in the restroom. As I said, once that teacher retired, they then added soap to the boys' restrooms.
Another thing that I remember: at my high school, all of the student restrooms (both genders) on the 3rd floor were sealed off, since apparently students vandalized them decades earlier. Of course, the faculty restrooms (which required teachers to use a key) were not sealed off. The state law required restrooms on every floor, so the school was willfully breaking the law. Of course, students in my era were doormats, so everybody just accepted it, even though we knew that it was against the law, and even though we knew that we were all being punished because of the actions of a few decades earlier. I have a feeling now students would be more vocal about complaining, given that the law is on the students' side.
I should also mention: why did my school not realize that by sealing off the 3rd floor restrooms, they gave the students who vandalized them what they wanted: power. Every time one of those students walks by a sealed restroom, it reminds them of how they were able to inconvenience the entire school. Which is what they want.
Swats. I was terrified of them and more terrified of being made to cry in front of the whole class. Some teachers would keep going until you cried.
I graduated from High School in the 1950's
So I probably have an "old school" attitude, and I am not admitting nor confessing to anything.
But in my school, if a teacher tried to hit a student with a paddle, he or she would end on the floor beaten black, blue, and bloody by his own paddle.
And when he got out of the hospital, he would be fired and driven out of the teaching profession.
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