Flapjacks wrote:

EricChristianOlsenFanatic wrote:

I hate public school mainly for how mean kids can be to one another and how cliques exist in middle and high school. Those were the two things in public school I hated the most. That and kids have no respect for their teachers and principals which I did.

To be fair, I have had teachers who don't deserve respect.

Absolutely true. Another thing that bothers me about public school is how many teachers are completely incompetent. I'm not saying all, or even most, teachers are, just way more than there should be.

I couldn't agree more

EricChristianOlsenFanatic wrote:

I hate public school mainly for how mean kids can be to one another and how cliques exist in middle and high school. Those were the two things in public school I hated the most. That and kids have no respect for their teachers and principals which I did.

To be fair, I have had teachers who don't deserve respect.

Absolutely true. Another thing that bothers me about public school is how many teachers are completely incompetent. I'm not saying all, or even most, teachers are, just way more than there should be.

EricChristianOlsenFanatic wrote:

I hate public school mainly for how mean kids can be to one another and how cliques exist in middle and high school. Those were the two things in public school I hated the most. That and kids have no respect for their teachers and principals which I did.

To be fair, I have had teachers who don't deserve respect.

This is also true for me too, I had a teacher in high school that was a total *bleep* and frankly I disrespected her quite a lot.

I hate public school mainly for how mean kids can be to one another and how cliques exist in middle and high school. Those were the two things in public school I hated the most. That and kids have no respect for their teachers and principals which I did.

To be fair, I have had teachers who don't deserve respect.

my 7th grade year is the worst because too many violence has occurred, i mean, intense.

Don't do that either Flapjacks. because it's what's part of 'name calling'.

How exactly is having discussions about lewd jokes for an hour 'name calling?'
Just asking, not saying I don't name call; I definitely do.
i am not a great person

I don't have much to add since I basically have the same story as Stormy, minus 2 years (we're siblings, y'know). I started public school in 5th grade coming from a small private school. I honestly liked public school a lot more. I was more involved in soccer and had classmates and friends to talk to because of that. Plus side was, I was no longer bullied like I was in elementary school. High school on the other hand was pretty bad. I've always been one of those kids that doesn't really talk unless talked to, and so you can imagine how being in a graduating class of 700+ people was. On top of that, I had a surgery which cut me off from playing soccer or any sport except for casually, so my major social outlet was lost. I probably would have done much better socially if was able to stick with that or find some other activity in high school. But yeah, the social atmosphere is there, it's just people are super judgmental, and if you don't have an "in" it can be hard to have a good experience.

But spyrothepalmontcityracer's (I'm just gonna call you SPCR from now on, k? ) comment reminded me of the bus in elementary school. Stormy and I went to a small, Catholic, private school...and the bus driver played contemporary pop/rap stations on the radio to and from school. So, imagine, if you can, a bus full of Kindergarten through 8th graders...it was pure chaos. I remember a regular thing was that kids would crawl under seats while the bus was running just for fun. Public school introduced the "cool" kids who learned swear words from their older siblings and sat in the back of the bus, but honestly I just ignored those types of people anyway.

True. and SPCR is kinda short, so ok.

It is an awful idea to sing out the bad words on the bus. because only adults are allowed to use profanaty. but people 18 and under are not allowed to use profanaty because they're under-aged, and they could easily offend someone. the Bartender Song is kinda offensive to sing on the bus because it has bad words in it. even the song about a snuffloficus, and even the one that has something to do with the #1 super(something). and everyone on the bus hates their bus driver, so they started protesting on the bus, they want the bus driver to retire but the bus driver said that he's not old enough to retire (he was like 67 or something), and he is very disrespectful to everyone on the bus.

This is why i don't ride the bus anymore. all i have to do is walk to school (before i had my motorcycle).

The key thing I'm starting to hate is that standardized tests are becoming a priority over actual learning.

Yep, that whole system is terrible.

I am sorry not everyone's expireience was the best.

But spyrothepalmontcityracer's (I'm just gonna call you SPCR from now on, k? ) comment reminded me of the bus in elementary school. Stormy and I went to a small, Catholic, private school...and the bus driver played contemporary pop/rap stations on the radio to and from school. So, imagine, if you can, a bus full of Kindergarten through 8th graders...it was pure chaos. I remember a regular thing was that kids would crawl under seats while the bus was running just for fun. Public school introduced the "cool" kids who learned swear words from their older siblings and sat in the back of the bus, but honestly I just ignored those types of people anyway.