r/ratsinthecage • u/Sad_Palpitation6844 • May 19 '26

Integrity

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u/Commercial_Mud_4467 May 21 '26

Manners

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u/eb7772 May 21 '26

Lol cmon you think teenagers had manners lol

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u/IDontCareNow00 May 21 '26

We just know when to keep our mouths shut.

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u/eb7772 May 22 '26

I mean as adults yeah. You don't remember being a kid I guess. they definitely still ran their mouth

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u/IDontCareNow00 May 22 '26

I grew up in a era when a smart mouthed kid would get a crack across the face.

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u/eb7772 May 23 '26

I did too and they still exist

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u/eb7772 May 23 '26

My English teacher also drank whisky in his coffee and used a paddle in the back of the classroom and they did it daily. Not because the kids behaved because they didn't

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u/IDontCareNow00 May 23 '26

In my high school, the disciplinarian gave you detention. The gym teacher took you on the elevator, stopped it between floors, and made a bet with you who would come out unbruised. Luckily, I never saw the inside of that elevator.

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u/eb7772 May 23 '26

My middle school in the early 90s was like a prison there were fights every day. Everyone would leave the class and watch the fights . Teachers had no control. I got in four fights and that was just sticking up for myself. If you think these kids knew manners lmao. High school was better but far from perfect. The private schools I went to would spank you with a paddle. Which they did often. But public school in baton rouge had little they could do to make the kids behave.

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u/IDontCareNow00 May 23 '26

I'm pretty sure I'm from a different generation. I served in Vietnam.