In elementary school, teachers taught in contained environments. We all sat in the same desks for 6 hours. We had recess twice a day, a chance to get outside and play, alone, with our friends, in organized games. You knew that every teacher knew your face, watched out for your safety, monitored the rules.
In junior high we rushed from class to class amid traffic jams and insults and fights. We stayed locked within a building for 6 hours. No one knew your face, no one watched out for your safety or monitored the rules except running wasn't aloud and neither was tardiness. Every day teachers watched indifferently as kids punched and tripped each other, turned a blind eye when kids kicked your books, stole your homework, spit on you, and threw food at you.
What experience prepared you for this?
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