He said that in reference to coworkers at your job. Some of the women are “mean girls” who gossip about other people, some guys are bullies (obviously not in an in-your-face way), and some of the adults just act like high school students. The only difference is that some of your coworkers are in their 20s, 30s, or 40s.
Would you say thats accurate?
I’ve been a working adult for 30 years and every work environment has been with colleagues who are non-judgmental, do their jobs, and mind their own business.
But now that I recall my high school experience, there wasn’t much drama there either. At least not in my sphere.
Same, then again I am not from America and so I obviously didn’t go to high school there. I don’t know if the media portrays high school accurately in movies and TV shows. Certainly wasn’t like that where I live.
Well as far as accuracy goes, not really, or heavily exaggerated.
For example; Most American schools don’t have an “outside area” where all the students seem to hang out.
We had play grounds in the early grades, but that’s about it.
Maybe that’s location dependent? I went to high school in the South and our whole school was outdoors. Like the classrooms were a building, a bunch of rooms in a row, but all the doors opened to outside, and all the hallways were outdoors. Between the cafeteria, the auditorium, and the band room was a big grassy area for people to hang out, and also between each row of classrooms were long lawns. The administration was housed in a regular building, and one set of classrooms had indoor hallways.
That said, the amount of free time shown in shows at school always feels exaggerated. We had a lunch period but no “free period” or “study hall periods.” We also had no indoor seating for hanging out or student lounges. Did your school have those?
We did have “study hall periods”, but you weren’t allowed to disappear and do what ever. You had to sign up for them, and if you never showed up they forced you take a normal class. (And it was a few times a week, not every day).
You could pretty much either stay in the classroom or go to the library. And the library kicked groups out if they weren’t really doing anything beside being noisy. They didn’t really care before/after school hours so much.
Some of the schools had a courtyard, but they didn’t really let us use it freely.
My school spent a lot money (grant, I think) to build a nice lounge area and then didn’t let students use it because they were afraid the soft cushions we’re going to get wrecked.
The cafeteria and library were pretty much the main “hang out” spots before/after school. We only had 5 minutes between classes, so it was always a mess of students rushing across the building.
I mean more behavior wise among the students, rather than physical characteristics.
Fair, I just used an obvious example.
Behaviorally, yes there’s the typical bullying, occasional fights, social cliques, nice people, “nice” people, and the anime club that learned a little too much from the romance dramas. Big parties and dances where less of a thing in real life, sure they do happen, but it was never a significant event across the school.
I guess overall movies are accurate, but still exaggerated; way too much homework, there are crazy science teachers and evil history teachers and teens not having all their screws tightened yet is a real thing.
Wow. You are very lucky. My current job would be the best ever except my supervisor makes my life a living hell. :(
I have been here so long that it is hard to leave my friend.