TLDR just read the last paragraph..
So my schooling was late 80's, the 90's and early 2000s'. I guess I'll also mention I was born and raised in Utah.
As far as this woke new age agenda, I never encountered it. I guess I'll count myself lucky. There are a few weird things though..
I could be categorized as "troubled" when I was a kid. I never did any serious harm, but I was a troublemaker at times. I was not a bully, I didn't pick on anybody. I didn't do drugs or drink or anything like that. I really think any mischief I was involved in was normal and just normal kid stuff.
So let's intersect that with my experience at school. This is elementary. I got in trouble. A lot. I would get ISS, In School Suspension. This mostly consisted of sticking my nose against the wall at recess. Instead of being able to play I would stick my nose against the wall. That was the punishment.
From everything I can remember that was fair. I never stuck my nose against the wall and thought "this shouldn't be happening". Maybe nowadays I don't think this should happen but I digress..
Around the 3rd grade my teacher stopped sending me to I.S.S. To me I really thought she was doing me a favor. Instead I would get sent to the "utility room". Where I would do my work by myself. No teachers, no students, nobody, I was alone in the room. My parents were never notified, I was happy with the arrangement, and that's just how things went.
Did that corrective behavior work? Maybe. Around 4th grade my misbehavior certainly died down.
I do find it troubling that my parents had no idea what was going on. Even though looking back I don't find anything particularly troubling, I find it downright disturbing that my school kept all of this a secret from my parents. They had no idea any of this was happening.
Again I think in my particular situation it was benign. But thinking about nowadays with woke agendas rampant. Teachers teaching politics out in the open. It's sad to think where kids are now.
However, right now, I'm more interested in what your school life was like. Did you see even the hints of this woke agenda as a kid? How long has this occupation really been going on? Things I've read make me think it's decades in the making. But I never saw it. And maybe that's just from the state I lived in. I'd be interested to hear from you.
Graduated high school in 82,we had zero woke crap,and had guns in the vehicle during hunting season.
Ditto.
Never had an issue in the 60's and 70's. School was always an escape from what was going on at home. They didn't know what autism was, so the stuttering, stammering and being quiet for the most part made me an easy target. Was picked on quite a bit, but I would lose myself in the books to forget. Preferred to do homework instead of playing with other kids, but I had a couple of friends. Started getting bigger in high school, a growth spurt per se, and kids left me alone. Learned a lot through the years.
Public school late 70s, 80s, and graduated 91. "Board of education" applied to back sides as needed in elementary and jr high. Suspension and alternative school was the punishment in high school. Smoking was allowed on campus, by staff and students, in designated areas only though until 89 or 90 when the legal age became 18. Gum chewing however was not allowed. Most of the male students drove pickups and they all had gun racks with shotguns and rifles in the back windows. Nobody thought twice about it. Female teachers wore dresses, males wore suit and tie.
Most boys had pickups with shotguns and rifles.here too..(Canada) . Candy and gum were not allowed in the classroom. We didn't have cell phones. If we would have had them, they certainly would not have been allowed either. There was a smoking section outside for those that smoked. If anyone, teacher or student was gay, no one knew about it. One girl was pregnant and she had to leave and come back after she had the baby.
Graduated high school in 1995. the Clintons hit the scene during that time and I about drove a classmate of mine nuts cause his family was old school Dem and practically worshipped them, I got a "bad read" off of them immediately and couldn't imagine what people saw in them. No woke crap in our schools, hell there was a Ten Commandments poster in my Typing room class, guarantee you don't see THAT in schools today.
I went to public school in the 50's and 60's...didn't see ANY of this garbage..we were there to learn and learn we did..everyone was literate. I loved school and the teachers and most of the kids...school was our whole life. In 1970 the dress code changed and you were allowed to wear pants to school (jeans) and everything went downhill ever so slowly after that.
Started school in 1974. Kids got the strap from the Principal if they disrupted the class or were disrespectful to the teacher. Kids played rough and fought often. Teachers were strict in the classroom and demanded attention and learning. Had one teacher, old lady, that would hit kids in the head with a yard stick at times. She hit me across my lower back with it one day for whispering. My kidneys let go, had to walk home at lunch time and put on clean pants. I loved learning though and it was a break from things going on at home. I was 'different' than the other kids, quiet. and eager to learn. Had very few friends. Graduated High School in 86. After working for a year, I went to University. Graduated in 1992. There was no woke ideology. Had one teacher that was an obvious alcoholic. (High School) Had it in his coffee cup at all times, everyone knew. They could smell it. Years later, I found out my female English teacher was having sex with some of the boys who were getting bad grades and didn't want to fail. (Always wondered how they ended up passing the grade, now I know). These two teachers married each other shortly after I graduated. My favorite teacher was Mrs. Parker, (grade9). She had a wooden arm and she'd hit the boys with it if they acted out. Loved her.
I forget all these things that you mention. I suppose they happened in all schools back then. lol
Similar but I knew my parents knew and were helpless. (they were both teachers that Quit the district) I Quit school when I realized the system was fkd. Then beat the system. The takeover was in 65-72 that's when the system takeover was in place. Just look at Camala Haris' Father. He was the start of the Comunist takeover of American Education in Univercities. Ignore spelling, I skiped that class.
I'll chime in. Finished school in '85. Thursdays was drill day. Had uniforms on and was taugh army stuff. Army like everything. It also meant that I could go shoot the whole school day. .22 rifles. School started at 7:05 am. and finished 1:05 pm. Once a week there was a fight after school where they sorted out shit. Anything goes. Our school bags was heavy because of all the books you had to carry and it depended on your subjects just how heavy. Maths light History heavy. Every pupil in school respected each other. All teachers was fair and kinda like parents. Of coarse you got the hiding of your life when you did not do your homework. To be sent to the principles office was like oh boy, 6 of the best with a cane. And he had henchman in every class room. Rubber or leather lining with holes inside your pants softened the blows. Kids nowadays are mentally fucked. With everything blowing their way they cant cope. Too much shit they do not need to concentrate on. Take away internet. Make classes smaller and get real teachers in there. Not the wooky shit that you have now. Change the syllabus. Make God great again and take some pain because it's worth it.
Forgot to mention that you cannot pass a grade simply for being there. This was serious shit and you had to have at least 70% average to get a higher education. There were people going back to school just to get that break.
Public elementary school 1960'S, very good education. All male private Catholic high school, terrific education for $500 a year tuition. The teachers were dedicated and underpaid.
Today teachers strike, are overpaid in many public schools, especially for the crap product they turn out.
I am gen. Z. Went to a private Christian school for K-8th. Couldn’t say I noticed a woke agenda there.
Going into a public High School until I graduated though I definitely noticed it. In my sophomore year I had a very LIBERAL Biology teacher that would literally debate me over politics almost every day.
I am thankful for being sent to that Christian school I guess. Never really cared for school though, never believed in it. Have always thought it is a scam.
Your story is interesting. There are similarities to stories about my sons. I remember going to talk to the principal demanding an explanation for a certain 'punishment' of summer school since grades were passing. This principal, coach, looked at me and asked 'what did they tell you then?' As he was a good guy and I think tried to be a positive influence on boys through sports (those boys in trouble alot proudly served their country and have always stood up for the 'underdog or people being taken advantage of or picked on'), I was astounded that no one from the school called me.
And what dear 'troublemaker' did you decide to do with your life? I hope it's been a good journey. My belief is the non troublemakers don't contribute much in society unless it's 'easy' for them.
Went to big public high school in the late 80's. It wasn't woke yet. No one was openly gay, because calling somone a Homo was enough to start a fist fight. Kids with learning disabilities were called Special Ed. People in wheel chairs were left alone or included if they wanted to be. Students would smoke outside, against the rules. Name brand fashions determined your popularity, and Air Jordan sneakers were a big kid status symbol because of the $100 a pair. Every year or so, a teacher or gym coach would get quietly fired for having relations with a student. Most problems and fights were during the school bus rides. Hair pulling, fights, throwing things at the bus driver and at cars, who's driver would sometimes chase the bus until it stopped. I think that folks I know did In School Suspension also got into trouble later in life, so I'm not sure if it helped get cooperation. One of our senior classes visited the county jail every year to do a tour of the inmates. That day is still etched in my mind. I think that every graduating class should have to visit a jail.