There were clubs but no gangs. My school was not oppressive, as such, but it was tough and tightly controlled. Many of the teachers were as-hard-as nails Catholic brothers and priests. There was a Discipline Master who had a strategically placed office that overlooked the playground and opened onto the main corridor of the school. There was a system of prefects with considerable powers. If they abused them, they were dealt with. There was no equivalent of 'organized crime' that could exist and pupil on pupil violence was not tolerated. It was back in the era when parents who came in to argue the corner of recalcitrant pupils were told to take their children to a different school if they didn't approve of the school's governance. As for clubs, I spent some time in the Subbuteo club.
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-Removed-my secondary school was like the gangs of new york,the campus sat in the middle of 4 council estates 2 on one side 2 the other & 2 seperate entrances,bullying was rife(and no I was not one of the bullies) fights in the playground were frequent as were fights afrer school most nights,to cap things of, between my house and school was a catholic boys school,it was a battle in its self to get home without running into st anthony boys.this was 63-67,managed to get through it unscathed lol but I knew a few that didnt,one lad hung himself another overdosed.
@the-gravedigger saidDon't know you know? Gooster stays away from violence. 🙂 He does his fighting with words, or at least tries to!!
What now?
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@pettytalk saidThat could be taken two ways, but my mind sometimes wonders into the gutter. 🙂
Tough story coming up. At school a lot of the girls were always ganging up on me, but I still managed to get my licks in.
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@very-rusty saidThere's always something else to be said about ambiguity.
That could be taken two ways, but my mind sometimes wonders into the gutter. 🙂
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Why do old(er) people always complain about young people like they were never young themselves? “The kids these days” are probably sick of older people telling them how they’re not good enough and how they were angels in their youth and this is a corrupt and evil generation etc.
I guess this is a way for older people to feel better about themselves by bashing the kids, seems hypocritical.
Humans will always be human, Gen Z and todays millennials will be doing the same tomorrow.